We have all set alarm clocks for waking up at some point. These alarm clocks have a “snooze” button; added on to give us the chance to extend our current activity for a “little more time”. Imagine hitting the snooze button continuously until the day is over, the days wage and destined connections will be lost, leaving one with less than their potential, perhaps even worse, changing the course of one’s destiny.
The sermon challenges the sleeping man in us that keeps hitting the snooze button. “Yet a little sleep, yet a little slumber and poverty will come in like an armed man; poverty of the spirit, soul and body – It never just ends in one slumber, it is rather a step towards destruction, it’s the “little more” over the needed that pushes us to lose our stand.
The enemy seeks to corrupt our walk with God and bring us to this poverty, but as long as we remain alert, we would be able to stop him from achieving it. However, if we keep pushing off our disciplines and devotions to God, we will be giving the devil ample time to sow seeds unto damnation.
Wake up oh sleeper!! Stop pushing off your commitment to God for the cares of this world, stop exchanging your spiritual growth for temporary rewards. Turn to the Holy Spirit to quicken your mortal body!!
May the Lord give you understanding as you listen.
What stood out for you as you listened?
