There is a striking question that a child asked the mother
Child: Mom does a tanker that carries petrol need to buy petrol for itself?”
A “Yes “or “No” answer would have satisfied this curiosity. But, the child got more!
Mother: “Is it not a car?” “A tanker does everything a car does?” she responded. The mother couldn’t have given the child a more striking answer.
Wow! The child smiled and said. “So a tanker carries a tank of fuel and yet would need to line-up in a petrol station?”
I know that it may be difficult to find such petrol tankers queuing up in petrol stations for fuel because they work for those who supply petrol. But it’s interesting to note that the petrol in the tank cannot refuel the tanker.
This is very instructive to Christians who are called to leadership or ministers. It’s easy to confuse the petrol in the tanker with the petrol within. How often do you check your Petrol gauge? How often do you ask for an internal refilling rather than a word for others? Do signs and wonders still function while you are running dry internally? Are men congratulating you for the time and service you give to God’s work, yet heaven complains that you hardly have time for your God?
Two things to remember:
- The petrol outside can be delivered only if there is enough petrol within. If there’s no petrol within, you’d stop half way. He that has granted you this noble task of delivering His petrol desires to freely give to you all the petrol you need for the vehicle.
- You are first a vehicle before you are a tanker. Don’t be fooled! You can run dry! You are helpless without the Holy Spirit. Anointing cannot replace God; Gifts cannot replace God; nothing can!
Therefore, take a retreat, cut down on activities! Find time and Refill!