Nothing can do the “cause” of Jesus Christ more harm than for HIS people to go to sleep. Christ and His Holy Word has been summarily dismissed out of our government, courts, schools, corporate businesses, personal lives and even out of some “Christian” churches. We have walked out of the shadow of HIS wings of protection. We have had serious and somber wake-up calls but the Christian churches have pushed the collective snooze button and gone back to sleep. And now we are living in a nation that has made prayer, speech, and worship in public illegal and have made drugs, abortion and now homosexuality legal.
Samson had enjoyed God's supernatural strength, but had been lulled asleep on the devil's lap. He was sleeping with the enemy turning to sin instead of trusting in God. Delilah kept up her persistent nagging until Samson could not take it any longer and gave away the secret to his strength. Daniel 7:25 warns us that a key strategy of the devil is to “wear out the saints”. His persistent oppression vexes our souls to death. He would have us to believe that resistance is ineffective. He wants to depress and discourage us and make us believe that all is lost and there is nothing we can do about it. That is a LIE! James 4:7 encourages us to “Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
The Holy Spirit is sounding a wake-up call to all spiritual sleepers! As your soul is concerned, if you snooze, you lose!
Written by Evangelist Bernice Harley