Time For A Tune
Up?
"The oil of joy."
Isaiah 61: 3
A woman in South
Carolina pulled in an auto
shop for an oil change. On the way home, her
engine light was on and the car stopped running.
It turned out the shop employee had installed the
wrong filter. It fell off, causing the oil to drain
from
the engine.
Joy of the Holy Spirit is the oil of a healthy heart.
Guilt is the wrong filter. When our
joy and gladness
drain from our mind, we need to pull into the divine
repair shop for a tune up. When we recognize and
confess our sin, God restores the joy we have in
our relationship with Him.
An old hymn says, “Come, Thou Fount
of every blessing, tune my heart to sing
Thy grace.” Ask the Lord to look under
the hood of your heart.
Is there a bad habit? A hidden sin? Have you
neglected His Word? Developed a hardened
heart? Damaged a relationship? Lord knows
how to give much needed tune ups to a heart.
May the oil of joy cycle
through your spirit today!
"The joy of the Lord is your strength,
and as your Master was anointed
with the oil of gladness in his work,
so must you be."
Charles Spurgeon