Commit to memory: “But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.” (Matthew 13:25 )
Spiritual reawakening in this wise is simply being sensitive to our spiritual life such that we do not sleep or slumber, or perhaps if we have been sleeping or slumbering, we should make up our minds to be intentional about the spirituality of our Christian life and walk with the Lord. And so we must return to prayer, wake up from laziness, be alert and be a night watcher.
Beloved, the sleeping state is a terrible and deadly state (Eph.5:14, 1 Corinth.15:34, Rom.13:11). Why? It is when men sleep the enemy strikes (Matt.13:24-28), it is when men sleep they fall into coma and even death (Act 20:7-12), it is when men sleep that they become helpless and vulnerable to attack (1 Sam.26:7-9), it is when men sleep that the symbol of their strength and glory is captured (Judges 16:19), it is when men sleep that notable things in their lives are created either in the positive or negative as the case may be (Gen2:21-22). It is when men sleep they become unaware, hopeless and motionless as the night time is the unguarded moment. 1 Corinthians 15:34 says
“Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.”
Our commit to memory today relays that it is in the night the enemy comes to sow tares (evil) and went his way when done. Why? It is in the night time thieves operates, The night time is the moment to gain victory over the physical realm, it’s the time of spiritual reawakening, it’s the time the enemy attacks people indirectly without their knowledge, through dreams, incisions, arrows etc.
What are the things making you to sleep today? Is it pleasure, love for money, position, comfort, luxury, pressure from secret societies or the mundane things of this world? May the Lord cause a reawakening in your life today.
Reflection: When you sleep, things slip out of your hands.
Prayer Lines
•Father, every spiritual sleep and slumber that has brought attack to my life, deliver me
•Father, every evil seed sown into my life while asleep, consume by fire .