How careful are we to be on guard in our spiritual life? In Gethsemane, Jesus’ disciples could not stay awake. How crushing it must have been to hear Jesus’ lament. ‘And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter, “So, could you not watch with me one hour? Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”’
What about you? Are you spiritually asleep? Has the relative safety and comfort of being a Christian in our culture caused you to leave your life unguarded? How easily does the enemy of your soul exploit the unguarded areas of your thoughts, your words, your actions, your loves, and your ambitions? Jesus commanded to the Church is Sardis is to “stay awake,” remain watchful. Are you struggling to stay awake in your spiritual life? Join us this week as we examine Revelation 3:1-6 and consider the call to “wake up.”
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