Awake

Awake

 

I awoke this morning, thinking we do not have much time. We must reach the lost for the Lord and we must awaken to righteousness, while it is still day.    

 

Psa 17:15  As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.   

 

We must love God with all our heart and mind and this love we receive from him spills over to others. Rejoice in the LORD, learn of him and praise him. Worship must be in Spirit and in truth. We are not to worship with flesh, using songs of the flesh and moving in the flesh, we are to worship in holiness.                                    

 

Psa 57:7  My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.
Psa 57:8  Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
Psa 57:9  I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.
Psa 57:10  For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
Psa 57:11  Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.

 

We are created in His image to glorify our LORD.

 

Psa 139:14  I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Psa 139:15  My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Psa 139:16  Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Psa 139:17  How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
Psa 139:18  If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

 

Emmanuel, God with us. Jesus is our peace; we shall walk in his peace. Our faith is in our Lord who gave himself to redeem us. We are his servants.

 

Mark 4:37  And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
Mark 4:38  And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
Mark 4:39  And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
Mark 4:40  And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
Mark 4:41  And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?

 

We shall see his glory; we shall see him as he is. Wake up and see the glory of the Lord.

 

Luke 9:28  And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.
Luke 9:29  And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.
Luke 9:30  And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias:
Luke 9:31  Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.
Luke 9:32  But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.

 

He has power to raise the dead.

 

John 11:11  These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
John 11:12  Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.
John 11:13  Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
John 11:14  Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

 

He is coming again and the world is in darkness. We must be awake to our responsibilities.

 

Rom 13:11  And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
Rom 13:12  The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Rom 13:13  Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Rom 13:14  But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Rom 14:1  Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.

 

We are to walk in holiness and righteousness, the righteousness of Christ. If we are tormented, rebuke the flesh and the devil in the name of Jesus. Get with Jesus, wear your spiritual armor and walk careful, for we are in an evil world as soldiers of light. Time us running out.

 

1 Cor 15:33  Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
1 Cor 15:34  Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

Eph 5:11  And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Eph 5:12  For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
Eph 5:13  But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
Eph 5:14  Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
Eph 5:15  See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Eph 5:16  Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Eph 5:17  Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
Eph 5:18  And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Eph 5:19  Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
Eph 5:20  Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Eph 5:21  Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

 

Only what is of the LORD will last, so we need to be about His purpose.

 

2 Pet 3:10  But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
2 Pet 3:11  Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
2 Pet 3:12  Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
2 Pet 3:13  Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
2Pet 3:14  Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

 

Israel shall see their shepherd and a third will be saved.

 

Zec 13:6  And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
Zec 13:7  Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
Zec 13:8  And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
Zec 13:9  And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.

 

We shall be with him after this life and he will reward our faithfulness.

 

Dan 12:2  And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Dan 12:3  And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

 

Be awake, be responsible, if we are not faithful, who will be witnesses of his truth?