Matthew 24:42, 44
As soon as we go to sleep, we do nothing
anymore. Until we wake up the next
morning, we would just lie there – helpless, motionless at most and very
unproductive. But we need to sleep to
rest our weary body. So when Jesus said
to his disciples, “Stay awake!”, He is not telling them NOT to sleep since He
is not pertaining to the body. Rather,
He refers to our soul.
We believe and know that God is with us
right now. However, due to our worldly
affairs, we easily forget that fact and get too preoccupied with the "more
important stuffs" and ignore Him.
Unfortunately, we are not always awake to
the presence of God in our lives. God is
often crowded out of our consciousness by other things that occupy us during
the day. Because of our hectic schedules,
it is easy to give God the back seat.
We need to KEEP AWAKE. That’s very hard for
people to do. When we’re really sleepy, staying awake is extremely hard to do. We all die, yes, and there is nothing we can
do about it. What we have is a choice on
how to live life. We can live well, or
we can live badly.
We can forever shut our eyes to the
goodness of the Lord or stay awake to the presence and arrival of Jesus in our
hearts, our lives and our actions.
May we awaken to the presence of God in the
wonders of His creation, in His people, and in all of us. May we be always on guard, prepared, vigilant
and awake to life so that we do not squander the life that God has given us.
Let us pray +
Almighty Father, through Your Spirit in me,
strengthen me to persevere. Give me the
endurance to serve you, and perform my duties.
Do not let me, in a moment of weakness and give me the light of your
presence so I may stay awake and help me to endure as a good soldier of Your
Son, Jesus Christ. Amen +
Fill us with your love, O Lord, and we will sing for joy!
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