In this sermon Running On Empty, We must understand that when God calls a man that he is well able to equip that man if that man is willing to make the consecration. God can exalt those of low degree to the chief seats in his kingdom. Our text sheds light as to the reason why that Israel had allowed themselves to get in the sad state that they found themselves in. Bethel had taken priority in their lives. Gilgal suddenly had become the place of preeminence. There is but One who should have preeminence. When our lives lose the focus of Jesus Christ then idolatry sets in. Sin is prone to arrest us. Bondage to habits began to recur. Without Him, I Can Do Nothing. NO - THING can be done without the reign of Christ in my life.