Burn-Out
Rocks and Rockets
Vance Havner once said, “Too many people go up like rockets and come down like rocks.” (Kent Crockett, Making Today Count for Eternity, Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers, 2001, p. 155)
Burned-Out Light Bulbs
A burned-out light bulb doesn't produce light. Neither does a burned-out Christian. (Kent Crockett, The 911 Handbook, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2003, 85)
The Cause of Burn-Out
Burn-out
occurs when we give out more than we take in. We go from giving out
to giving up. Cars that aren't refueled will run out of gas. Wells that
are not replenished will run dry. Batteries that are not recharged will have no
power. We are not any different. A Christian that is not refueled, replenished,
and recharged will burn out. (Kent Crockett, The 911 Handbook, Peabody, MA:
Hendrickson Publishers, 2003, 85)
Too Many Irons in the Fire
In the old
west, cowboys would put their branding irons in the campfire to heat them up so
they could mark their cattle. If too many irons were put in, they would put out
the fire.
Too many
irons in the fire will put out your fire, too. The branding irons we have today
are all the duties and responsibilities in our daily walk. (Kent Crockett, The
911 Handbook, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2003, 90)