Today : Wake Up
TODAY’S VERSE
“Then the angel said to him, ‘Put on your clothes and sandals.’ And Peter did so. ‘Wrap your cloak around you and follow me,’ the angel told him. Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision.” Acts 12:8-9 (NIV)
TODAY’S THOUGHT
Peter was being set free from prison by an angel and did not even know it. He thought he was dreaming. Isn’t that a lot like us? Jesus came along and said that if we hold to His teachings, we would know the truth and the truth would set us free. What truth? The truth found in what Jesus taught. He taught that we could have a relationship with Him; that He would love us unconditionally; He would give us peace that passes all our understanding; He would forgive us of all our sins; and that He came to give us an abundant life. What promises, what a spiritual reality, and yet, like Peter, our walk gives us away. Peter was walking in a trance. He did not realize he was being set free. We walk the same way. How many mornings do we awaken only to walk in a spiritual stupor, go to work and live out our day as if God did not even exist? How many days have we spent defeated, far from the reality of victory that Jesus promises? Thankfully, Peter came to senses, woke up and realized that he was indeed free from jail. We need to do the same thing that Peter did. We need to wake up! It is time to get the sleeping dust out of our eyes, and wake up to the tremendous Spiritual reality that God has for us. Peter wrote a wonderful promise that should be smelling salts to our soul. In II Peter 2:3-4 he writes, “His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature.” Jesus said it this way, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.–If the Son sets you free, you are truly free.”
TODAY’S PRAYER
Father, help me understand the truth of Your teachings. Help me believe it, trust it and live it. I want to know what it is to be Spiritually free, free from all that is holding me down, that is chaining me in bondage. Wake me up, Father, that I may see the reality of the freedom You have given me in Christ Jesus my Lord.
AMEN
TODAY’S AFFIRMATION & MEDITATION
I am spiritually alive in Christ
See yourself like Peter, in a stupor, being led from prison. You are unaware of what is going on, but then you wake up. You begin to realize that you have miraculously been set free! Sense your joy. Feel the amazement in your gut. Feel joy capture your face. You are free! And then turn and see that it was Jesus that set you free. He says to you, “Come follow me.” Filled with gratitude and a strong sense of purpose you follow Him. Breathe deep and say out loud, “I am spiritually alive in Christ.”
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