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Stay Woke!


Stay woke! is such a poignant expression for our time. It alludes to the fact that we are so prone to sleep, that is that we are ever wanting a way of comfort. We are wanting the way of ease. But when we prioritize comfort and ease, we find a lethargy of spirit also ensues. "Stay woke" makes me think of another phrase I love, "keep your eyes peeled". Don't let the skins stay over your eyes so you can't see, peel back the veiling layer to see more than what's right in front of you.

The chief difficulty with choosing the way of comfort or the way of ease is that it is a deception, because life is not easy. The winners are only those who pursue their goals with urgency and vigor. As a Christian, I pursue the path of winning also, but it looks a little different for me. For my path is not finding a winning of my own, but laying hold of the winning that Christ accomplished for me all those years ago. Christs win was resounding and pushes to the furthest reaches of the universe, and we are here ever discovering the height and the depth and the width of His love.

Heavenly Father, help me to stay woke to You. I quickly go down well trodden paths of the way that I have always done things, but I'm reminded of the phrase: to get what you've never had, you must do what you've never done. That requires an alertness to the Spirit, an ever watchful eye to His leading. But here's the critical thing, I need to let go of the way I think is right, the way that world uses to get what it wants. Instead, whether it makes sense to me or not, let me follow the way You are leading.

In Jesus Name,

Amen

Phil 3:7-11
Eph 3:14-21

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