Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but
let us watch and be sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who
get drunk are drunk at night. – 1 Thessalonians 5.6-7
We are entering into what can easily be the lazy season
here. Folks are away on holidays and other trips and things are getting ready
to slow down for the month of August. It is easy, very easy, to let that
holiday spirit take control. I can imagine those lazy afternoons when things
are just a little on the warm side and sitting back, just going to relax for a
few minutes, closing my eyes, and…
I guess that is not too bad. I suppose we all can take a
little break and the chance to grab a nap here and there.
But it is a ‘whole nuther story’ when we let that kind of
spirit affect our spiritual lives and our service for the Lord.
It is too easy for the church to get fooled into a false
sense of lethargy. This is especially true where the church has it easy. A lot
of the west has enjoyed many years of freedom and even support from society and
from governments. Freedom of religion is great, but it can also be dangerous.
When we don’t face opposition we can let down our defences and get the idea
that everything is okay. Any time we feel that false sense of peace and security
it is easy to fall asleep.
I think it is pretty obvious that the time of our government
safety and legal protection are slowly but surely coming to an end. We can no
longer afford to sit back and let Big Brother take care of us. We need to wake
up and stay on guard in these perilous days.
Now it is high time to wake up out of our sleep!
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