There are usually two different types of people in a marriage: one that refuels their car at a quarter tank left and one that coasts into the gas station on fumes. This can play itself out in our marriages and jobs as well. One knows their limits and can unplug while the other goes and goes until they make themselves sick or become short with everyone in the house or locker room. As coaching families, our lifestyle is full of ups and downs, wins and losses, and we need someone to cling to that is a rock and will help us refuel. Good news!
WARM-UP
In all honesty, how do you refuel when you get tired or overwhelmed?
How does God play a part in your refueling?
WORKOUT
Before Peter and the disciples started the first church “devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching, to fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and to prayer” that we learned in Renew, they had to learn these foundations from Jesus Himself, and so do we. We can get so busy doing for God, we can forget to be alone with God.
Can you relate? So busy coming and going, maybe even reporting everything you are doing to the Lord, but never stopping to eat. The same thing Jesus tells them in Mark 6 is the lesson they learned in starting the first church in Acts 2: we are always going to be busy, people are always going to need something from us, but we must take time to talk with the Lord and ask those questions we learned in the intro: Where is my focus? Where are my feet? How am I being fueled?
Our faith is fueled when our focus is on Christ in prayer, feet planted in His Word, and connected with the body of Christ. Jesus taught this, led by example in this and the disciples followed this. Too often, when we get busy, the first thing that goes is our time with the Lord in His Word. The one thing we think is expendable is actually the one thing that isn’t.
There is a battle for our time, attention, focus, identity, marriage, family, etc. But the Lord has given us a weapon against the enemy in this war:
When our focus is on our salvation in Christ and our feet are planted in the Word of God, then we are fueled by the power of God.
WRAP-UP
Answer the above questions when your faith is tested: where do you tend to focus? Self or God?
When you are busy where are your feet planted? Office or church?
When you are depleted how are you fueled? Binge watch a tv series by yourself or connect with community?