There are a lot of times when I will cook an extra large pot of soup so I can keep some and freeze it for later. This works so nicely in the winter when I want hot soup for lunch, no fuss, and its homemade!
However convenient that is, it just doesn't translate into our spiritual life. God didn't teach the Israelites to live on leftovers. He taught them to expect freshness. You can't bottle up today's experience and expect to be able to pull it out of the freezer in a week and use it again. God is about fresh, new, and unpredictable.
I guess its like eating a box of crackers in Alabama in June. Once you open that box, you better eat it up, because in a half an hour, they will be stale and soggy. When the Holy Spirit comes, He will bring you what you need for that moment(a fresh box of crackers). Don't expect to be able to re-create that experience in an hour, cause your crackers will be stale and no one will want to eat them. People know the difference between stale and fresh. Ask Him for freshness and we will be able to be what God needs us to be exactly when we need to be it.
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