“Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.” Romans 13:11
January 13, 2023
Are you woke? The voices are loud and they are everywhere. To be woke is to know that to “blame all evil on external systems of oppression…assuming that any disparity is damning evidence of discrimination.” It “credits guilt on the basis of one’s skin tone, condemning people because of their group identity. Essentially, being woke is viewing life through the lens of social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion. One is either an oppressor or the oppressed. The whole ideology is a counterfeit gospel. Christians are called “to awaken from sleep” which means to be aware of the time in which we live. It is a time of spiritual darkness (Rom. 13:12). It is a time for gospel proclamation (Acts. 1:7-8, “you shall be my witnesses”). It is a time for hope in Christ’s return (Titus 2:11-13). It is a time to wake up by being in a state of mind that is sensitive to sin, knowing what is going on around us. It is a time to get serious about the urgency of living in preparation for Christ’s coming. As Christians we are kingdom citizens and that kingdom is coming. So, we are to live like it. Are you awake? We are on the threshold of a new day coming. Does that not wake you up?
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“Lord of all justice and hope, help me to ask the right questions in today’s troubled world and to be your feet and hands of mercy to the hurting.”