Are You Fully Charged Yet?

I was reading another blog site this week on the topic was prayer. I love the reference to cell phone reception and the little bars that show up on your phone. You'll have to read it for yourselves to get the full effect. Go to http://247christian.blogspot.com/2008/04/solitary-place.html

The writer was saying how Jesus would go to be alone to pray and how some villagers in African would have a designated spot to go pray alone. You could tell who'd been praying by how beat down their path was. He thought about how finding the perfect spot to talk with God was a bit like finding good cell phone reception. You know by the amount of reception bars.

Also on cell phones, you know when your cell phone is charged by the amount of battery bars that show up. What if you could tell who was "prayed up" by a display of battery bars over their heads on Sunday morning? Couldn't you just see the pastor looking out on the congregation and seeing how "powered up" each parishioner were?

I think the most important thing to remember about prayer is that our lives are incomplete without the "charge" we get from spending time with God. God is a jealous God. He wants to be first in our hearts. He desires to spend time with us. In return, He gives us hope, peace, joy. He gives a part of Himself to us. That's what keeps us "charged up" and ready for each difficulty that life throws our way.

So I ask, "Are you fully charged, yet?"