“Pull over and let Me fill your tank.” Those were the words I heard while asking God what to write for this devotional.
It’s hard for us to come to a full stop and rest in the Lord’s Presence. We know we should, but the urgencies around us scream, “No! Wait! You’ve got to do this, and this, and this!” Many of us are running on spiritual empty, while God is pleading with us to come aside with Him and be replenished. We may not even have been neglecting prayer. Faithful intercessors can become malnourished by not deliberately taking time to just enjoy the Lord.
If we’re running low, how do we get our spiritual tanks refilled? Ephesians 5:18-20 says, “… be filled with the Spirit, speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always ….” Worshipping and thanking God for who He is and what He has done prepares us to slip into His glory realm. Worship gets us focused on the Lord, rather than on the busyness around us. It also causes God to bend His ear low toward us. “Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you …” (James 4:8).
Once we are focused on Him, it is easier to be quiet and listen. “I … will watch to see what he [God] will say to me, and what I shall answer …” (Habakkuk 2:1). Habakkuk had learned that intimate time with God was two-way conversation time – listening, responding, asking questions, and listening again.
When we lavish our attention on the Lord, a supernatural reenergizing takes place. “He gives power to the faint; and to those who have no might he increases strength, … but they who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength …” (Isaiah 40:29, 31).
It is important to remember that we do not bring about the fresh filling. We position ourselves through worship and being quiet before Him, but He is the One who recharges our battery and fills our tank. We can’t accomplish it through striving harder to get there. That only brings frustration. We do the “pulling over” (giving God time), but He takes over from there and pours Himself into us.
Will you pull over and let Him fill your tank this week?
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