Is Your Battery Low?

Scripture:
Isaiah 40:27-31 (NIV)

Why do you complain, Jacob?
    Why do you say, Israel,
“My way is hidden from the Lord;
    my cause is disregarded by my God”?
Do you not know?
    Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
    the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
    and his understanding no one can fathom.
He gives strength to the weary
    and increases the power of the weak.
Even youths grow tired and weary,
    and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the Lord
    will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
    they will run and not grow weary,
    they will walk and not be faint.

Devotional:

Years ago I was working on some computers and servers at a client site.  I was with my brother working on a project.  We had installed a battery backup for the server.  When all was setup and ready we turned on the server.  In about ten or fifteen minutes the battery backup started beeping.  We looked at each other wondering why it would be beeping.  After all the power was on, no fuses were blown.  After a few minutes of tracing wires and troubleshooting we quickly found that the battery backup was plugged into a power strip which was plugged into the battery backup.  Somehow they plugged into each other with no outside source of electricity.  Quickly the battery was drained.  

How often are we struggling with a task on our own energy only to become drained?  We hear God calling us.  We obediently and quickly answer the call.  All too quickly we become burned out.  Then we step back and ask why?  What happened?  I am doing what God called me to do.  The answer is an easy one.  We are plugged into ourselves.  We attempt the task on our own, leaving God out of the picture.  Our strength and energy will eventually fail us.  It is only when we plug into God that we have an inexhaustible supply of energy.  Only when we rely on God allowing Him to work through us will we have the strength to finish the race.  Just as the battery backup keeps its charge by the electricity coming from the outlet we can keep ourselves charged up.  We will remain fully charged when we are plugged into God.