Running On Empty

What happens when you are driving without realising that the engine oil is empty?

Stalled car, burnt gaskets, expensive, very expensive overhaul and to top it all, the inconvenience of going around doing your business and chores without a car, while your mechanic tries to solve your problem.

Business has been rather slow, so I have been on austerity drive for awhile. One of the ways was to service your car irregularly. Like trying to stretch from 2 months to 4 months. Well, let me tell you this....it may seems "smart" but it's really stupid...especially when you have to use your car everyday.

I visited my mechanic this afternoon, hoping for him to come up with a solution for my problematic wiring and to at the same time to check and see if the engine oil needs to be changed. His comment..."What engine oil?" I have been running on empty...I don't know for how long? 40 days maybe? Of course it may have been less then 40 days....but in actually fact...the gaskets can burn and that's it. My austerity drive exercise would have back-fired a hundred fold.

This reminds me of the passage of the bible :-

Deuteronomy 8 : 4

"Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years."

This passage refers to the Israelites wondering in the desert after leaving Egypt. And for forty years, GOD, not only provided them food and water in the desert but also shelter with a pillar of cloud, during the day and warmth, with a pillar of fire, during the night. The good LORD did not stop there...HE prevented the clothes and sandals from wearing out throughout the forty years.

As for my case...the LORD prevented the engine from over burning. It's HIS provision and all glory goes to HIM and HIM alone, while all stupidity goes to me. GOD gave me a mind and I'm not using it properly. GOD however showed me mercy...like HE does to all my sins, shame, failure etc in my life. Instead HE showed me grace by granting to me eternal life through my LORD JESUS CHRIST who died for me and HIS blood averted my condemnation.