I have almost always looked forward to Sunday.  Going to church has never been much of a struggle for me.  I know that is not the case for some of you, so I don’t say that in any kind of judgmental way.  I just seem to always feel better after going.  Of course we miss from time to time, but almost always I miss it and find out that “the sermon rocked” or “the music was awesome.”  It also often feels that by the time the next Sunday rolls around, I feel like I am running on fumes and really need the spiritual fuel I get from meeting with the “family” and worshiping our Father.

I ran across this statement by C.S. Lewis, my favorite author that seemed to relate to all this.  Lewis said,” God designed the human machine to run on Himself.  He Himself is the fuel our spirits were designed to burn, or the food our spirits were designed to feed on.  There is no other. God cannot give us happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there.  There is no such thing.”

I know that we get this fuel from other ways as  well, but I can almost always count on my tank getting refilled and therefore being better equipped to handle the challenges of the week.  It is simply how we were designed.

Lord, Please help us to understand and accept that as our Creator, we must operate with you as the main fuel in our lives.  We are so willing to be filled with so much other garbage. No wonder we often feel so defeated and depleted.  Help us Lord to use our Sunday’s to the fullest and to be refreshed by the power that comes from meeting with our church families and fully engaging in what you want to give us so that we can live abundantly.  In the name of your precious son Jesus, Amen.