Summer Reset

   We are just past the mid-way mark of the summer months. Sometimes with the vacations, summer festivals and fairs, breaks from the school term, and various “out of the ordinary routine” summer activities it is easy to slide spiritually. Not that our spirituality is tied to routine; but we may find this shift in our routine causing our attention to be diverted in other directions. This of course can happen in any season. We can easily lose “spiritual steam” in seasons of difficulty or pressure as well. (Galatians 6:9 TPT)
   Weariness, or a low spiritual temperature can cause us to experience a dullness or a diminishing in our appetite for spiritual things causing our fervor to flicker down. (Luke 21:34-36 TPT)
   Often times we have focused on the “coming day,” while not paying attention to our spiritual temperature or the condition of our hearts. Guarding our hearts is a frequent theme throughout Scripture. Our outer lives are a product of our inner lives. We must care for our hearts in every season of our lives and continue to keep our hearts aflame for God!
     If we find ourselves in need of a Summer Reset, there are some simple remedies to increase our spiritual temperature. The first is realization and acknowledgement of our state. We can never receive aid without realize our flame has burned low. (Psalm 119:25 TPT)
    This may seem like extreme language but those who have been in this state of discouragement fully understand that this didn’t happen all at once. We find ourselves in the dust and disheartened after a fading of the fire in our hearts. David, in this Psalm, writes about the glorious Word of God and a longing for the reviving it would bring. A great way to revive our hearts is to make a daily practice of reading through this entire Psalm (119) for a period of time. Fires need fuel and the Word of God is just that to our inner man.
     Another remedy for our coldness is to recognize and be purposefully conscious of the nearness of God to us. (1 John 4:4 TPT)
   One of the greatest truths of our salvation is that God now inhabits His children. (1 Corinthians 6:17)
   The wonderful benefits of this marvelous truth were expounded on by Jesus in John 15 when He taught about the vine and the branches. (John 15:4-5 TPT)
   We are not only connected to God, but in reality, we are one with Him. His resources are available to us! We can draw on His strength, His stability, His encouragement! One of the biggest mistakes we make is thinking we have to do this on our own! He is in us! He is with us! He is for us! (Romans 8:31-39 TPT)
    I’ve added this extended passage because this may be our greatest need: grasping afresh the love that God has for us. It is the greatest force in existence. It purchased our salvation. It paid for us in full, not just for our past but also for our future. Knowing this love will empower us to live differently! Knowing this love will strengthen us with joy every day! His love will never relax Its grip on us! (Hebrews 13:5b AMP)
I’m praying for a supernatural lifting of our hearts and that our spiritual fire would burn hotter as the power of the Holy Spirit resets our flame! Much love from Mavis and all of us at WILD! (Leviticus 6:13 NLT)