God is (like)Goo

"Hey dad! Did you get the running food I left on the tailgate?"

When I do long-runs on Saturdays for road miles (15 miles and up) I make loops past my house and use it as an aid station for water and power gels. My kids call it "running food".  Without it, I would never be able to run long distance.  It puts back into my body what the running has taken out.


God is like this, in a way.
He our strength and salvation at all times
He is the one who made our blood, legs and lungs and keeps them working.
He causes the sun to rise and fall.

Yet, he comes in a very special way to those whose strength is tapped out:

but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
    they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
    they shall walk and not faint.

Perhaps you are finding yourself there today, up your driveway, looking for Gu. 

To you I say drink deeply from the water 

For those who have found the source but are in need, the tailgate in the house of the Lord is always dropped. 

The rub is we can only lead a runner to water...