You know, Christians are a lot like power strips.

Think about it…

• In and of ourselves, we are worthless. (Romans 7:24)
• Through Christ (the outlet), we can connect to God (the electric company) Who gives us “power” or “life.” (2 Corinthians 3:5-6)
• Through the power or sufficiency we receive from God through Christ, others are able to connect to us and also experience that power. This correlates to the idea of sharing the gospel. (Romans 1:16)
• The goal is for each individual to, themselves, plug in to Christ directly once they have “tasted that the Lord is good.” (1 Peter 2:3; Acts 8:36)
• Men can disconnect themselves from The Source leaving themselves and those who might be plugged into them without power. If we put our faith in men, we can be led astray! (Matthew 7:15)
• If you plug a power strip into itself, you might not be the brightest crayon in the box. Ironically, men often plug into themselves for sufficiency. Such is futile. (Jeremiah 10:23)
• Each of us, like a power strip, has a little red switch. This switch must be on for us to be useful. We are called to let our lights shine! (Matthew 5:13-16)
• We can be plugged in, but leave our switch off. Such renders us useless and displeasing to our Father in heaven. (Matthew 10:32-33)

What a blessing it truly is that we can become useful tools for our Creator! (1 John 3:1) Are you being useful?

^“Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable. Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work.” (2 Timothy 2:20-21)