Don't fall asleep

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. But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. – 1 Thessalonians 5.6-8

Times like this, when our actions and activities can be limited, are dangerous times. We can be lulled into lethargy. It can be easy to doze off and we wait and wait and wait and wait.

It makes me think about the disciples who Jesus asked to ‘watch’ while He prayed in the garden. They couldn’t do it despite His personal request. The just couldn’t stay awake.

The church is prone to do the same today. Before this current crisis much of the church had grown complacent. We were being lulled into a false sense of security because we coasting along pretty well.

But there is nothing like a crisis to wake us up. Sometimes we need a wake up call that things are not as simple as they seem.

There is a lot of confusion in this world today. The difference for us is that we we have an answer for the world around us. There is cause to hope.

Its time for us all to wake up, get up, gird up, armour up, and get to the task before us. There is a whole world that needs to hear about Jesus before it is too late. It is high time for us to wake up out of sleep.