Recreation
May 19, 2016
READ: Isaiah 40:31
A car that has run out of gas has exhausted its power, and until a new supply of gas is put in the tank, that car is dead and lifeless. Human beings run out of gas, too. We get physically tired and we get worn down. We get mentally and emotionally exhausted. What do you do when you run out of gas, when you get depleted, when you exhaust your resources? Most of us try to back off or take a break or get away. Recreation becomes an important part of life. I think recreation should be pronounced re-creation. “Re” means to restore to its former state. We all need, again and again, to be re-created. We have made the word recreation mean playing golf, going fishing, looking at TV, working in the yard, reading a book, or searching the internet. Those things are good, but they are not enough. The prophet long ago said, “If you wait upon the Lord, He will renew your strength.” God is in the re-creating business. Are you out of gas? Then wait upon the Lord and He will renew your strength and you will mount up with wings as eagles, and you shall run and not be weary and you shall walk and not faint.
A car that has run out of gas has exhausted its power, and until a new supply of gas is put in the tank, that car is dead and lifeless. Human beings run out of gas, too. We get physically tired and we get worn down. We get mentally and emotionally exhausted. What do you do when you run out of gas, when you get depleted, when you exhaust your resources? Most of us try to back off or take a break or get away. Recreation becomes an important part of life. I think recreation should be pronounced re-creation. “Re” means to restore to its former state. We all need, again and again, to be re-created. We have made the word recreation mean playing golf, going fishing, looking at TV, working in the yard, reading a book, or searching the internet. Those things are good, but they are not enough. The prophet long ago said, “If you wait upon the Lord, He will renew your strength.” God is in the re-creating business. Are you out of gas? Then wait upon the Lord and He will renew your strength and you will mount up with wings as eagles, and you shall run and not be weary and you shall walk and not faint.