BBD 06.21.21 It's High Time! (Classic)
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Classic from 2002
The Burning Bush Devotional
21 June 2021
It is High Time!
And do
this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now
our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. The night is far spent,
and the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and
let us put on the armor of light. Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in
revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. But
put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill
its lusts. - Romans 13:11-14.
Iris
Koser is a 16-year-old girl living in Nuremberg, Germany, and she has invented
something many parents have dreamed of for centuries. She has invented what she
calls a “merciless bed” to make sure people get out of bed on time. After the alarm goes off
the bed slowly raises the mattress until after five minutes the sleep lover is
rolled off onto the floor. So, unless they are a really, really deep sleeper
they are bound to wake up. Iris, we just want to know when we can buy
one? Let us know, okay?
There
are so many of us who are asleep spiritually. We know how we ought to live, but
we do not. We know that time is running out for us to do what God would
have us to do with our lives. But we are still asleep! If only there were a bed
like Iris’ to wake us up; being dumped into the floor would be a small
price to pay to be awake spiritually. We sleep on while the works of darkness
grow around us. Those of the darkness are growing more and more bold claiming
that their evil actions are only normal. Those of the darkness say that those
who are in the light are those who are abnormal. It is time for us to
awake!
Let us
arise, let us wake up and cast off the bucket of evil that has covered our
light (Matthew 5:16). If all Christians were to arise out of their slumber and begin to act
like Christians, the darkness would be pierced. If we let our lights shine the
darkness would retreat in fear (1 John 4:4).
Each
day in some way, may we oppose the darkness. Each day in some way, may we let
our light shine a little brighter. Let us put on the Lord Jesus Christ and let
our lights shine bringing the light of salvation across this world.
Isn’t
it time to wake up? Yes, “knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now
our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.”
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