How the Holy Spirit Helps Us Overcome Inertia in Our Lives

Many Christians wonder how to know the will of God in their lives. By trying Bible science experiments with motion, we can demonstrate lots about finding God’s will in our lives.

Bible Science: Demonstrating and Breaking “Inertia”

Applicable Scriptures:
Isaiah 40:29 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.

Bible Science Project Materials:
– Hardback book (kind of heavy)
– Piece of string, three times as long as the height of the book
– Rubber band

Bible Science Project Steps:
1. Tie the string around the book lengthwise and make a knot
2. Use the string that dangles from the knot as a tail and tie a rubber band to the tail using another double knot
3. Dangle the book by rubber band attached to the string for a moment, just to test the strength of your knots. They should not come apart under that much pressure.
4. Lay the book on a scratchy rug or large carpet
5. Using the rubber band, give the book a few tugs.

What happens with each tug? Do you have to pull harder on the rubber band, less hard, or about the same as the first tug?

Answer:
The first time, you should have to tug a lot harder than the second and third and fourth times.

Bible Science Project Explanation:
This demonstrates the principle of inertia as defined by Sir Isaac Newton (who also discovered gravity). Inertia means “not moving,” and the principle of inertia is
that things not moving will remain still until another force comes along and starts it moving again.

At first, the book was in a state of inertia. After tugging once, the state was broken, and hence you should not have had to pull the rubber band as hard after the
first try.

Understanding God:
Oftentimes we become like that book. We are not moving forward in our lives.

We’re not meeting new people, learning new things or even acting curious about understanding God or His world around us. When inertia strikes us, we become
couch potatoes who would rather vegetate in front of the lives of others (watch mindless TV shows) or play video games. The longer we do this, the harder it is
for us to get out of our state of inertia.

The Holy Spirit is like that string – always wrapped around us – trying to urge us toward youth group or Sunday School or to work for that charity on Saturday instead
of sitting home. At first we often think, “No way; I’d rather stay home.” But if we try it, we’re often glad we came!

Don’t let inertia keep you from reaching out to others – or from experiencing God’s world the way He wants you to! According to Isaiah 40:29, He brings strength to
the weary – even those of who have no strength – those deep in inertia!

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