Thursday June 25th, 2026
« So then let us not sleep [in spiritual indifference] as the rest [of the world does], but let us keep wide awake [alert and cautious] and let us be sober [self-controlled, calm, and wise] »
5 You are all people who belong to the light. You belong to the day. We don’t belong to the night or to darkness.
6 So we should not be like other people. We should not be sleeping. We should be awake and have self-control.
7 People who sleep, sleep at night. People who drink too much, drink at night.
8 But we belong to the day, so we should control ourselves. We should wear faith and love to protect us. And the hope of salvation should be our helmet.
9 God did not choose us to suffer his anger. God chose us to have salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Death is likened to sleep in 1 Corinthians 15:51.
- In other words, a believer who is spiritually asleep is actually in a state of spiritual death.
1 Thessalonians 5:5-9 tells us clearly that we should stay awake spiritually, be watchful and sober.
Matthew 24:42 says you must stay awake and be watchful, for you do not know what day your Lord is coming.
Romans 13:11 encourages us that the Lord’s coming is nearer now than when we first believed.
Some believers keep going in and out of spiritual sleep.
They feel it is normal to be cold and hot.
I pity such people because their end is not usually good.
- A good example of this is Samson, who slept and woke up a number of times but the last sleep put him into the hands of his enemies.
You may have slept a few times before and woken up again;
however, you had better stop because there is always the last time a man would sleep and wake up to find himself being tortured by the enemy.
If you used to love God with all your heart, but recently, other things have been competing with Him in your heart, then you are sleeping.
God is saying to you like He said to the Ephesus Church in Revelations 2:4-5,
“Return to your first love”.
Ephesians 5:14NLT says if you awake, Christ will shine on you again.
« for the light makes everything visible. This is why it is said, “Awake, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will give you light” »
Beloved, get back to your first love now.
Put away those sins that easily beset (trip) you.
Go for a retreat, look for fellowships with genuine believers, make a habit of spending quality time daily in prayers and Bible study.
Jesus is ready to shine on you again if you are willing to wake up and get back to Him.
He loves you and He is calling you back home.
Don’t let the devil or anyone else hinder you from going back to the One who loves you enough to die for your sins.
When He shines on you, everything the devil stole during your time of slumber shall be restored and you will become a better person at the end of the day.
Application – Spiritual sleep is likened to spiritual death. Go back to your first love before it is too late.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
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