The Timing of God
Rom 13:11 says,'Do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed.'
It is good for a christian to know the timings of God. This is surely the last days. Look at the signs around us, the tsunami, the wars and rumours of wars (Mat 24:6) and the morality of the world in general. You can see clearly that it is surely near to the end.
In such an hour as this, we will do well to be alert in the spirit, to do the things that our Master had said we should be doing. And here in Romans 13:11, Paul reminds us of the times and that we must be spiritually awake.
What does it mean to be asleep?
1. To be unaffected by our surroundings.
2. To not do the things we know we ought to be doing
3. To live our lives for comfort and pleasure rather than for the purposes of God
4. To be concerned for ourselves rather than for the lost
It is scary to think that Jesus is coming back and some of us will be like those described in the parable of the ten virgins, those who have no oil. Will we be asleep when our Master comes back? I don't want to. Will you be awake?
::Daryl::
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2-rgen rambling @
10:31 AM