We can spiritually reboot our hearts and get back into perfect rhythm with God’s plan.
My dad had to go to the hospital this week to have his heart stopped and restarted. Sounds pretty scary, right? Who on earth would agree to have their heart stopped on purpose? But, Daddy has a pacemaker that is supposed to keep his heart in rhythm and his heart was out of rhythm. That lack of perfect rhythm was making him tired all of the time with no energy.
The entire process took all of fifteen minutes, (although he did spend the night.) The surgeon basically rebooted his heart. It’s in perfect rhythm now and he is supposed to feel a hundred times better.
The entire process got me to thinking about how cool it would be if we could all get a heart reboot, when we get out of rhythm. Of course, I don’t mean physically, but spiritually.
There are times on our faith walk when we are just no longer motivated or so tired that we don’t want to continue anymore. We may get discouraged for a number of reasons from prayers that we feel are unanswered, to bad things that happen, to simply spreading ourselves too thinly and doing too much. Some of us are guilty of saying yes, too often.
Whatever the reason that we find ourselves out of rhythm, maybe we can reboot our hearts spiritually. If we aren’t spending any time with God in prayer, that’s a good start. But, possibly the best way to reboot, is to spend some time in His Word.
I often hear people complaining about not hearing from God or feeling His presence, but when asked if they spend anytime reading the Bible, the answer is usually, no. I bet if we would commit to just fifteen minutes a day to Bible reading, we may get fabulous results.
Prayers seem to get an electric charge when we are regularly reading the Bible. We learn to pray differently. The Holy Spirit gets really busy when we read the Bible. If the Spirit is the pacemaker; the Bible is His battery. We are granted wisdom and discernment. We feel a new peace. Our spiritual lives can reboot and we can take on a new rhythm.
There’s no magic number of minutes to spend reading the Bible or in prayer, but if we are out of rhythm, fifteen minutes a day may be a perfect place to start. Why not give it a try?
Have an awesome day!
Wendy 🙂