Daily Rock Blog

The weekend is over, it's Monday (again). 

Do you feel refreshed after the weekend?  

Last year, I did something rather stupid. I brought  the lawnmower out and tried to start it up with the gas that was in it.  You know... the gas that had been sitting for months. I thought, surely it hasn't been long enough to make the gas go bad, and if it did, I don't have to drain it, I'll just add this new gas now, mix the two and...

My arm still hurts thinking about how many times I pulled that string.  Finally I stopped, drained the all gas, got it working.

This year I remembered that lesson, I drained the gas completely, and put in fresh. 

It started with one pull. Lesson learned, worthless fuel in the mix is not a good thing... ever.

Brings me to Psalm 23 this morning. 

"The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.

   He makes me lie down in green pastures,

   he leads me beside quiet waters,

   he refreshes my soul." Psalm 23 1-3 (NIV)

Read that last line again, "he refreshes my soul."

How do we spend our weekends?  It's Monday morning do we feel our souls are refreshed?  Perhaps the answer to that question lies in how much time we spend allowing the Lord to refresh us, and how much worthless fuel is in our mix. 

Sometimes we can pursue what is harmless activities, but they don't provide the refreshing our souls crave.  They are junk food for the soul.

Then we go to church on Sunday, expecting the new gas to mix with all that we were doing Saturday, then off again to spend the afternoon however we'd like. 

And Monday morning comes, we pull and pull and pull.... wondering "where is our zeal for life?"

How much worthless fuel is in the mix of our lives?

This week, let's take notice of the activities we engage in when we are tired and need a break.  How many can be replaced with some conversation with God, or spending time in His Word, listening to some worship music, etc?

Then perhaps we will understand better what it means to be led by still waters and have our souls refreshed.