Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and earth; Yours is the dominion, O Lord, and You exalt Yourself as head over all. – 1 Chronicles 29:11, A Prayer of David

These days, our lives are filled with chargers. Chargers for phones, tablets, e-readers, smart watches, fitness trackers, headphones, power tools, and on and on. And then there are portable chargers for charging your devices when not near a main power source. Most would agree devices seem to charge much more quickly and fully when they are attached directly to a main source and not a portable charger. The same is true in our spiritual lives. We must be connected directly to the “Main Source” – God – through prayer and the Bible. Then we will receive full power and be charged adequately so as to live as God has created and designed us to live. Seems simple and yet it is so easy to think we are connected when, in reality, we are not.

John MacArthur said this, “There are some Christians who read all kinds of books rather than the Bible. And we say they study about the Bible but they don’t study the Bible. The primary thing to do is to study the Word of God. Through it God speaks. Now there are other good books that other men speak through. With emphasis on Scripture and application and interpretation, but there is no substitute for the Bible. So in the life of every Christian, there must be that daily nourishing in the Word of God. It is critical.”

~ Mark Knapp – Beck’s Chaplain