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WAKE UP!
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6
1 Thessalonians 5:6-8

Romans 13:11-14

 

“…let us not sleep,

as do others…”

 

WAKE UP!
 
Sleep is something everyone is familiar with. We do it every night. God designed our bodies to produce hormones that cause us to be sleepy when darkness descends, and then to wake up the next day when it is bright. Continuing the analogy of darkness and light, Paul used the idea of sleep as a metaphor for the spiritual lethargy or slackness that believers sometimes lapse into. But it is not a normal state to be in. Those who are of the day should not be found asleep. We should instead be awake and alert, ready for whatever the day brings.
 
Yet there are times when we are found napping in the day. Spiritually, it would be when we grow complacent, and are found doing the works of darkness. Although we should rightfully be “of the day,” yet sometimes our lives are characteristic of those who “sleep in the night,” as we are found in spiritual slumber. We get so caught up by the things of the world that we become spiritually apathetic and lethargic. Like one who is sleeping, we are insensitive to the spiritual realm around us. We develop a great sluggishness towards spiritual things, for we care not for the things of God, but seek after the sins of the world.
 
Dear Christian, is that a description of you? Are you lost in the world, pursuing the things of the world? Are you wilfully sinning without any thought of repentance? Have you been slack in your service and witness for the Lord? It is time to stop sleeping and to wake up! It is not normal to be found sleeping in the day while it is bright outside. Only the slothful or sick do so. Believers should never be in such a state of spiritual stupor. We need a strong wake-up call to shock us out of our slumber and spur us on in our devotion and service to God. As Romans 13:11-12 declares: “And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.” Will you wake up?
 
THOUGHT: What would be an effective spiritual wake-up call?
PRAYER: Father, may I never be found in spiritual slumber, but be always awake, ready to do Thy bidding.

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