PURPOSE: The purpose of this devotion is to both get you thinking about how sin can really hurt your closeness with God, and to help you think about any sin in your life that you’re not addressing.

Our mobile phones are our connections to the world. We can connect to people with a text message, a social network post, or with an old fashioned telephone call. But all of this hinges on the most important part of the phone: the battery. If our battery dies, the phone quits working and we lose our ability to stay connected. If you want to connect with God and with what He is doing in this world you must keep your spiritual battery charged. The purpose of these three devotions is to allow you the chance to think about your relationship with God, and whether or not your spiritual battery is fully charged.

Before you can charge your battery, you have to make sure everything is in order. In your relationship with God, this means looking at your life for any unaddressed sin. Throughout the Bible, you can watch God move in response to the “brokenness” of his people. God honors our efforts to deal with the sin in our lives. King David is a great example of this. David no only committed adultery, but he orchestrated a murder, as well! He slept with Bathsheba, the wife of a soldier named Uriah. When She became pregnant, David ordered Uriah home from war, hoping Uriah would sleep with Bathsheba. David figured if Uriah got Bathsheba pregnant, he could hide the fact that he had gotten her pregnant himself. When Uriah refused the invitation, David had him placed in the heat of a battle, where he died.

Did you know that King David wrote Psalms 51 after the prophet Nathan confronted him with his sin? David confessed his sin to the Lord, asked God to cleanse him, and then asked not to be kicked out of God’s presence.David knew that true joy could only be found when people stay connected to God. And this starts by dealing with your sin and commenting to living the kind of life God wants you to live.

Take a moment to read Psalms 51:

Hopefully you’re not dealing with sin on David’s level. Though if you are, God still series to be in relationship with you! But remember David’s road to rebellion started with a simple, tempting glance at Bathsheba while she was bathing. Sin is a spiritual battery killer. And the only way to recharge and regain that connection with God is to follow the steps King David took:

• Be aware of your sin

• Confess your sin to God

• Enjoy restoring your connection with God