I King's 17:1-16, Elijah's emptiness.
“My grace is sufficent for you, for my power is made
perfect in weakness” says the Lord. II Corinthians 12:9
A pickup hit me when I turned in front of it. Brakes screeching, screaming, as the smell of acrid smoke and burning rubber assaulted me. Was my caron fire?'”Oh God, Oh God, help me!” Guilt swirled inside of me. I was still spinning. Another hit. The car careened backwards, lurched, hit the curb, traveled some more, then stopped. My car was in the middle of an vacant lot.
Empty is okay sometimes
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Usually emptiness is not where I want to be. It's depressing, lonely, a weak place to be. I want more: busyness, friends, distractions. Keep my streets lined with shops, coffee houses, libraries and theaters.
Elijah felt empty and depressed after he defeated Jezebel. He needed the same lesson I needed. Empty, weakness, is not a bad place to be. When I am empty, He can fill me; He is able to become my strength.
Empty is where God needed me; where I realized how much I needed Him. Empty is, where I cried, “Help me Oh Lord.”
Thank God for emptiness; it once saved my life.
Prayer: Oh Lord, Thank you for protecting me from my foolishness. Empty me of myself. Fill me with your spirit. Take away the craving to be full of anything but you.
Thought for the Day
Empty yourself of God and you will find emptiness,
Empty yourself of self and you will find God.
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