Stay Awake!

We understand wakefulness at our house, and an infant isn’t part of the equation.  Mr. Bill isn’t a sound sleeper so pretty much anything wakes him, and his wife doesn’t rest very soundly, largely a result of windy nights and full moon phases.  Quite a pair we are!

Believers are commanded to keep one another awake!  There is no Scriptural basis for Mr. Bill and I disturbing one another’s sleep, but Paul admonished Christians at Thessalonica , “So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober …  since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation … therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.” (1 Thessalonians 5:6,8,11)  God never intended Christians to isolate themselves or walk alone.  Rather, one way we remain alert and stay spiritually awake is by encouraging and refreshing one another in Christ.  It’s true, the Church today is weakened and troubled in many ways, thus some choose to live apart from the Body but Scripture just doesn’t support this.  Truth is, as God tells us, we need one another!   There’s sweet counsel in worship, study, and fellowship with others who seek to improve one another in the Grace of Christ Jesus. Christian, are you on the teetering on the brink of spiritual slumber?  Fight the drowsiness side-by-side with other Believers.  It’s really great way to stay awake!