August Beacon

“If He comes suddenly, do not let Him find you sleeping.  Mark 13:36

Keith Green wrote a song called, ‘Asleep in the Light.’  These words come from that song.

The world is sleeping in the dark,

That the church can’t fight, cause it’s asleep in the light,

How can you be so dead, when you’ve been so well fed,

Jesus rose from the grave, and you, you can’t even get out of bed,

Oh, Jesus rose from the dead, come on, get out of your bed.

Do you think the church is ‘asleep in the light?’

The Apostle Paul wrote in Ephesians 5:8-12, “For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.  Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord.  Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.  For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.  But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for it is light that makes everything visible.  That is why it is said:  ”Wake up, O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Has your life gone from darkness to light?  If so, are you bound by the ‘fruitless deeds of darkness?’  The light of Christ was meant to shine through the transformed life of the believer.  Are you ‘asleep in the light!’

Leonard Ravenhill wrote a brief poem called, ‘How Do You Take It Easy’

How do you take it easy, When His fire burns within?

How do you take it easy, In a world that’s crushed by sin?

How do you take it easy, With a thousand tribes to tell?

How do you take it easy, In a world that speeds to hell?

How do you take it easy, While the church sleeps in its lees?

How do you take it easy - Will someone tell me please?

Do you have any answer for the sleeping church in the modern day?

Many believers might respond by saying, ‘I like taking it easy.  I enjoy life.  I appreciate all I have…just don’t mess with me!’  Spoken or not, those words may typify the sentiments of many who consider themselves to be followers of Christ.

After including the ‘Wake up, O sleeper…’ words in his letter, the Apostle Paul continued in Ephesians 5 by saying, ‘Be very careful, then, how you live - not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.  Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.’

Is it time for you to consider your life in the light?  Ask your Lord to make the most of the days He’s given you until that time when He comes suddenly.  Do not be ‘asleep in the light.’

Pastor Lerud

 



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