"He replied, 'You of little faith, why are you so afraid?' Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm." -Matthew 8:26
Recently, I was reading a friend of mine's blog where she simply keeps a running list of things she is thankful for. One of the things on her list stood out to me more than the others. This thing was simply a picture of her gas gauge on empty, and said she was thankful "for the times when we run on so little." Immediately, many circumstances flooded by mind.
How often do we find ourselves running on empty in our lives, and yet we make it through. Everyday we run on just a little gas, a little money, a little patience, a little bit of time, a little faith and yet, we make it to the next morning. When we run on so little, there leaves so much room for God to intervene. When we make it through, we know it was not because of our own doing, for if it were we would have had a breakdown a long time ago. The stress and lack of faith that comes from running on empty matters to God, and I am convinced that ends barely meeting and bridges barely being crossed are His little ways of showing He cares for our everyday lives. We can rely on Him and, while He does not always get us out of the times when we run on so little, He always gets us through it. For even when we feel like were going uphill with no gas in the tank and we start sliding backwards, we have a God who loves us. He comforts in our failures, celebrates in our successes, and loves always.
I challenge you to look for God to show His glory and love for you in those moments when you are running on so little.
