Snooze.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Snooze. My alarm clock has a nifty little feature on it that sometimes gets me in trouble. It’s called “snooze” and I’m sure you’re familiar with it. At 4:45am when my alarm goes off, it’s all too easy to hit that magic button that gives me 9 more minutes of precious sleep. The truth is, I really don’t sleep after hitting that button. It’s only 9 minutes, and that’s not nearly enough time for me to go back to sleep. All I can do is lay there, but for some reason that extra 9 minutes of laying there seems so enticing at 4:45…
God sends us some spiritual alarms along this journey with Him. You know what I’m talking about, right? You attend a revival and the message hits a little too close to home for you. You go to church camp and God speaks to your deepest spiritual need in such a way that there’s no mistaking it was Him. A friend just happens to bring up a subject in conversation that almost makes you think they know more about what’s going on in your life than you thought they did. They’re all just spiritual alarms – gifts from God to get us back on the right track with Him.
And the message from Him in those alarms is sometimes pretty straight forward. Sometimes His desire is for us to walk away from some things in our lives that are no good for us or Him. Sometimes He wants us to walk towards other things that need to be a part of who we are. And other times He simply wants to encourage us as we struggle on in a world that’s adamantly opposed to the God we serve. Nonetheless, the alarms sound just when we need them. The only problem is, sometimes we bow to habit and roll over to hit the snooze button.
We get comfortable with our choices, good or bad. We get familiar with the life we have, and we just want to continue as we are. Even if God makes it so obvious to us that He’s calling us to a higher plane of living, the snooze button is so enticing. And in all honesty, we know that it will only last for a short time. We know eventually there will be consequences for oversleeping, yet we lay there. And we know that eventually there will be consequences, usually painful ones, for choosing to resist God’s voice in our lives. Yet, we just continue to lay there.
So today, do you hear the alarm sounding? God is saying to us this morning, “Wake up! The world needs to hear about Me from you! Your family, your friends – they need you to point them to Me! Your life needs to look different! It’s time to stop hitting snooze! It’s time to start really living! Wake up!”
Beep…beep…beep…beep…the choice is yours.


That’s just a thought, and I welcome yours.
Until next time,
blake

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