Still Sleeping?

"Are you still sleeping and resting?”
Matt 26:45

Have you ever tried to pray, and found yourself sleepy?  You move around a but to wake up and start praying again, and then “man...my eyes are so heavy ... so sleepy.”

Don’t think it to be a coincidence that the disciples got sleepy, either.  I believe there were dark forces at work that night in the Garden of Gethsemane, working hard to distract the mission that was at hand. Christian, that same power wants to distract us today.  The cross is a done deal, the victory won.  We now stand in the power of the risen Christ, amen!  But if Satan can keep us from walking in the power of God by lulling us to sleep, make no mistake he will! 

If we allow ourselves to be lulled to sleep by the hum of the world, our senses dulled by the sensual pleasures of the flesh, our eyes blinded by the lies of the devil, we may completely miss the work God wants to do in and through us.  Wake up church, the day is at hand!

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. For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him. 1 Thess 5:6-10

Join us Sunday for a deeper look at Jesus time in the Garden of Gethsemane.

Till the whole world hears...

Pastor Clay