Romans 13:11-14
Love your neighbor as yourself. Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. And do this, understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over, the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature.
To "wake up" is to arise! To arise is to get up, rise up, awaken, move upward, or ascend. Arise can also mean to come into being and/or to proceed forth. Asleep, I am unaware to the war of good and evil. Asleep, I forget I am a part of the body of Christ. I have purpose to fulfill. I must love, I must war, I must worship, I must fall down before thee. Ouch, I've been far from this, so often. God, may my spirit follow your lead. May I live alive, for this Spirit of God is dwelling within me.
The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you. -Romans 8:11
Papa, help my unbelief or lack of concern to read into and dwell on truth. For without you, I am dying to survive. But you, Holy Spirit, you propel me to thrive- to truly live this life, to live for you, and to love you and others.
Oh, God, how I need you! Help me to rise above. Help me not to compare myself to worldly standards and to set myself in alignment with your loving touch and affection. I want to get away from living off of feelings and live in truth. I want to remain in truth.
Thank you Father God, thank you for being holy and set apart and stooping down to make me great. Thank you for shining light on my darkness and beckoning me to you with gentleness and concern. I am yours. Help me to behave as yours, in surrender, on the daily.
Your love is what fuels me to love. May I lay in your love each day. May I draw from you well that never runs dry. May I remember, first, that you are what/who I need most/first. I need to hear from you. I need to call on you. I need to come when you whisper my name. Thank you for your INVOLVED love. Thank you for being so far from a stand-off-ish Father. You are my friend, who is closer than a brother. And you are still The King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Beginning and The End.
“Listen! Every one who is thirsty, come to the waters. And you who have no money, come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend money for what is not bread? Why spend your pay for what you do not enjoy? Listen well to Me, and eat what is good. Find joy in the best food. Listen and come to Me. Hear, so you may live. -Isaiah 55
Awake & Listening,
Grace
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