WAKE UP!

How long will you lie there
doing nothing at all?
When are you going to get up
and stop sleeping?
Sleep a little. Doze a little.
Fold your hands
and twiddle your thumbs.
Suddenly, everything is gone,
as though it had been taken
by an armed robber.
Proverbs 6:9-11

Everyone sleeps everyday. Some sleep only a few hours and some sleep many hours, maybe more than they need. But there are some hours each day when each of us is unaware of what is going on around us in the world and we are focused on rebuilding our bodies and minds with restorative sleep.
 
These verses from Proverbs 6 talk about sleep that is not helpful. The sleep in these verses is an escape from reality and an escape from guarding your life against someone who would take what you have. When you are asleep a robber can sneak in and take your treasures without you even knowing it.
I still remember the shock of waking up to find that someone had been in my house and had relieved me of some valuables. It was in 1975 but the memory is vivid and still disturbing. For a long time after that I found it hard to sleep soundly.
 
Being physically asleep when you should be awake is a bad thing, but being spiritually asleep is worse. If you are asleep to what God is doing in the world today you are missing the most exciting time in human history since the time Jesus came to the earth! There are monumental, earth shaking events taking place all around and the largest eruption of earth's societal volcano is about to show itself! And yet you are asleep, consumed with the latest testimony in the murder trial of little girl.
 
It reminds me of the television spot with a couple sitting quietly in their home while a flood fills up the room and washes everything away! How foolish is that?
 
Wake up and see Jesus! Then for you His coming will not be like a thief!