Seeking to be Refreshed and Recharged



Photo by Dee Kamp

Seeking to be Refreshed and Recharged

The busier we get the more we feel the need for a recharge, a refreshing time. Our desire to find time alone for ourselves and time alone with God may seem impossible. Where can we go and how do find this rest in God?

”Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered he rocks before the LORD, but he LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but he LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.” 1 Kings 19:11-13 NIV

Elijah knew the sound of the gentle whisper was God’s voice. He also realized God doesn’t reveal himself only in powerful, miraculous ways.

 To look for God only in something big like rallies, churches, conferences and highly visible leaders may be to miss him rather than find Him.

In the presence of the Lord there is always peace. What joy it is to discover, the secret place, the hiding place is found in our Rock―Jesus. He is the cleft in which we are hidden away and there we discover all the refreshing and recharging we need to carry on in our busy lives.

 “Lord, when my soul is weary

And my heart is tired and sore,

And I have that failing feeling

That I can’t take it anymore;

Then let me know the freshening

Found in simple, childlike prayer,

When the kneeling soul knows surely

That a listening Lord is there.”

-Ruth Bell Graham

 

“Seeking to be Refreshed and Recharged” by Dee Kamp, Grace Every Morning Ministries© December 10, 2014