The Argentine evangelist, Santiago Garaballe, once gave an illustration of a man who bought a new car. He had never owned a car in his life. The car came with a powerful engine under the hood. What if the man then spent the rest of his life pushing it around! Come on family let's go for a ride! Can you imagine what a life that would be like? Every time he would get into the car someone would have to guide the steering wheel, and someone else would have to start pushing it! What if someone came to him and said, "Santiago, why are you always pushing that car? Don't you have any gas in it?"
"Why, yes," said Santiago. "It came with a full tank of gas. But I didn't know what to do with it."
"Here, let me show you Santiago. Put your keys in here and turn on the ignition. Man, hear that engine purr ... Now there is real power! Come on let's go for a ride."
In the Christian life you have a powerful engine under the hood––nothing less than the resurrection life of Christ made available to you through the person of God the Holy Spirit who lives within you. Stop pushing and step on the gas!