The text is reminding us that it is time to Wake up because it is the time to do what God has called you to do.

I mean I really wanted to steal a few more moments of blissful unconsciousness.

It was one of those days where we had to get up, pack the car, and get out on the road.

You see it was time to take that long trek to see family members in a far away town.

We had a lot to do.

In fact, we had to do some things that we normally wouldnt do at 5:30 in the morning.

Because of this realization, I simply hit the snooze button every 15 minutes to prolong the sleep, but also the agony of realizing that I was stealing more and more time away from the preparations that needed to be done.

However I promised myself that after this time hitting the snooze I would get up.

Wanting to sleep, but also wanting to awake and get the day started.

You know when you hit the snooze button you dont have to get up.

When you hit the snooze button you delay the final reckoning.

Some have just simply hit the snooze button on Gods plans for them.

We are not ready to go forward so we do whatever it takes to lesson the call of duty or responsibility on our soul.

Some folks alarm clock is a child that was unexpected and unanticipated.

And too many of us have simply hit the snooze button to continue life as it has always been.

Perhaps the alarm clock to your soul has been a graduation which means it is time to stop being a burden to begin bearing burdens, but then some just hit the snooze button.

Perhaps the alarm clock to your soul has been the call of God into ministry, but instead of moving forward into Gods plan we hit the snooze button and go on to as if nothing has changed.

Sleep is so comfortable, but we also must acknowledge that this sleep after an alarm aint really sweet.

And sometimes God will do whatever God has to do to wake us up from that rest of semi consciousness.

You have just continued to hit the snooze button every 15 minutes.

Paul reminds us that it is closer to the Second Advent than when we first believed.

Paul reminds us that the night is just about to be over and it is day time.

Wake up. You cant continue to live in the day as if it is the day.

Sleeping is alright during the nighttime, but it is day time now.

Wake up. And that is the first thing that our text tells us to do today.

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