Hello ,
David Yarborough tells the story from one of Max Lucado's books of a lady who had a small house on the seashore of Ireland at the turn of the century was quite wealthy but also quite frugal. The people were surprised, then, when she decided to be among the first to have electricity in her home.
Several weeks after the installation, a meter reader appeared at her door. He asked if her electricity was working well, and she assured him it was. "I'm wondering if you can explain something to me," he said. "Your meter shows scarcely any usage. Are you using your power?" "Certainly," she answered. "Each evening when the sun sets, I turn on my lights just long enough to light my candles; then I turn them off."
Yarborough goes on to say, "She tapped into the power but did not use it. Her house is connected but not altered. Do we at times make the same mistake? We occasionally flip the switch, but most of the time we settle for shadows? Christ wants a fully connected relationship with each of us. Our challenge is not that the power doesn't exist, but that we often choose not to stay connected to it!
Have a great day and God bless!
