Picture this scene ~ it's 4.00pm and I stop off at our local supermarket to collect a few household items. With basket in hand, I peruse the frozen food aisle in search of our regular vegetable mix purchase, reach for the door, slowly pull it open and ~ BANG! ~ off goes the electricity supply throughout the whole store. Emergency lights light up the aisle like those on an aircraft pointing the way to the nearest exit. In my case, the express aisle. I had to get out as quick as possible, embarassed that I had somehow tripped the store's power supply the moment I opened the freezer door. On my return trip home, I suddenly realized that all the other stores in the street were blacked out too ~ obviously from lack of power. WOW! Did I really cause this problem? Tuning into the radio the announcer declared: "We have a state-wide blackout!" No way, it couldn't be! Well, you can imagine my relief to discover that bush fires in Benalla had tripped the main line of the electricity supply shared between Victoria and New South Wales that resulted in the two-hour blackout.
With a 41oC temperature outside, we really missed the air-conditioner, phone access, computer access, TV, radio, etc. that awaited us upon our arrival at home. How dependent we have become upon power utilities in our high-tech society! This knowledge caused us to rejoice that when we are plugged into the true 'Power Source of Life' ~ Jesus Christ ~ there are certainly no Blackouts. For God's supply is constantly-empowering.
"We can only keep on going, after all, by the power of God, who first saved us and then called us to this holy work." (2 Timothy 1:8, The Message)
