Wednesday, July 24, 2024
AWAKE OUT OF SLEEP!
Rom 13:11-14
11 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.
12 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.
13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and
drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in
strife and envying.
14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the
flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
The word “chambering” in verse 13 is very
graphic and is from the Greek word koite (koy'-tay);
a couch; by extension cohabitation; by implication, “illicit intercourse.”
The Lord is coming – on His
way, perhaps! Our salvation, full and complete, is nearer than it was when we
first believed.
Dr. Alexander MacLaren said: Time is closing
in upon us! "The time is short," or, as we might perhaps render it so
as to give the full force of the metaphor, the time is pressed together. It is
being squeezed into narrower compass, like a sponge in a strong hand. There is
an old story of a prisoner in a cell with contractile walls. Day by day his
space lessens -- he saw the whole of that window yesterday, he sees only half
of it to-day. Nearer and nearer the walls are drawn together, till they meet
and crush him between them. So the walls of our home (which we have made our
prison) are closing in upon us.
Our national ills are a reflection of our personal ones. We have a “representative”
form of government and in many ways our government represents us morally and
ethically. We don’t like what we see but we can hardly deny it.
Dr. Adrian Rodgers
said: When a nation loses its ability to discern
morality, it embarks on a slippery slope toward self-destruction.
It is time to Wake Up! Samson lay in the lap of Delilah and laughed
at her tricks time after time because he trusted in his amazing God-given
strength. Looking back Samson knew he had slept too long.
It is time to Look Up! Jesus is coming. Now our full and complete salvation – even our
entrance into heaven – is nearer than when we first believed. Jesus said when
you see these things coming to pass; look up for your redemption draweth nigh.
It’s time to Pray Up! Satan is working as never before because he
knows his time is short. We need to resist the devil so that he will flee from
us. It is time for God’s people to clearly choose who we will serve.
Dear Lord, shake me awake! Show me what I can do to not only keep
myself pure and prepared but to help my fellow believers to be ready for your
arrival. AMEN
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