To Be Plugged In

Dear Friends,

The children were putting on the Christmas play. To show the radiance of the newborn Saviour, an electric light bulb was hidden in the manger. On cue, all the stage lights were supposed to be turned off so that only the brightness of the manger could be seen, but the boy who controlled all the lights got confused. You see ALL the lights went out!

It was a pitch black, tense moment. 

Suddenly, out of the dark, the voice of one of the shepherds said in a loud stage whisper "Hey! You switched off Jesus!" 

There was a news clip which appeared in the papers after a blackout in a city. I do not know if it was a misprint, a mistake or if it was true: "During the power failure many people complained of having gotten stuck for hours on escalators."

We cannot go through our everyday life with Jesus or God switched off.

We will not make it. There will not be any power for living. We will be stuck on the escalator of life and will not have the energy to walk up or down. We need to spend time in prayer. Prayer is our connection to the source of power in life, God.

Jesus knew that. And if Jesus, the Son of God, needed to refuel, to reconnect, to plug in and recharge, what makes us think that we can get along without it?

You and I have a source of power and energy just waiting to be tapped. And all you must do is plug in.

Because it is as close and as simple as breathing. Are You Plugged In? 

Canon Gary