Sleepwalking Be on your guard, not asleep like the others. Stay alert and be clearheaded. 1 Thessalonians 5:6 Have you ever gone sleepwalking? Its kind of scary, really especially the next day when someone tells you what you did. There are people in the church today who have gone to sleep. They arent watching the signs of the times. There is a lethargy, a passiveness even a laziness in some Christians. There is an apparent disconnect between their so-called spiritual lives and real lives. Instead of walking in the Spirit, some believers are sleepwalking. We need to wake up. The Bible says, So be on your guard, not asleep like the others. Stay alert and be clearheaded (1 Thessalonians 5:6, NLT). In other words, we need to wake up to the urgency of the time. We need to wake up to the imminence of the Lords return. We also need to sober up. First Thessalonians 5 goes on to say, Night is the time when people sleep and drinkers get drunk. But let us who live in the light be clearheaded, protected by the armor of faith and love, and wearing as our helmet the confidence of our salvation (verses 7-8, NLT). I think we can interpret this both literally and figuratively. An obvious interpretation is, dont get drunk. Dont be under the influence of anyone or anything except Jesus Christ. But figuratively speaking, we can be intoxicated with other things. Jesus said, Watch out! Dont let your hearts be dulled by carousing and drunkenness, and by the worries of this life. Dont let that day catch you unaware (Luke 21:34, NLT). What you will eat or wear or where you will live are normal human concerns as you provide for yourself and your family. But lets not allow these things to become our preoccupation. Lets not allow ourselves to become intoxicated with things that arent the main thing.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 10:56:36 +0000
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