A Wake Up Call

'these days I feel like I live in a state of perpetual crying to God'I said to my sister in a conversation last night. This morning the first verse in my devotion was Eph.5:14Therefore He says:“Awake, you who sleep,Arise from the dead,And Christ will give you light.” It seemed to pour into my heart's cry from the night beforeinspiring today's poem... Sometimes we use the phrase 'wake up call'when we refer to something that jolts us to Reality!or a caffeine jolt...😅💓 Oh, pray that none of us are spared whatever wake up callit takes to draw us first to repentance and then to re-awareness/reawakening if we begin to slip or slumber! Wake up, all who yet sleepRise from death’s dormant poseWhere every breath is like a leapToward life’s curtain close Wake up, for none can seeHow near or far the placeThat turns Time to eternityAnd ends the day of grace Wake up, do not delayHell’s night none can affordWake up, while it is still TodayAnd bow before the Lord To call upon His nameTo repent and believeAnd weep with wonder as you claimThe gift faith will receive Wake up, while Mercy’s GateWith each breath swings ajarWake up before it is too lateTo escape Judgement’s Bar Wake up! Shake of the ruseOf religious façadeExamine every bold excuseDefying/denying Holy God Wake up. Fear Him and keepHis laws with reverenceOh pray, wake up, all who still sleepIn disobedience Wake up; for God so lovesAnd cares for you and I He overflows Truth's treasure trovesWith salvation's reply Wake up; do not rejectThe Light no night can dimWake up and ask God to directEach footstep back Him © Janet Martin Last night my physical feet ached with wearinessdue to many outdoor steps taken as we worked in God's Great outdoors! Sometimes our spiritual body aches with weariness too, doesn't it?As we walk second miles, as we pray and cry to God for a reawakening to the Sacredness of thegift of life, its brevity before eternity!This broken world is not out of the Healer's reach!But oh, how often we turn away! Psalm 1Blessed is the onewho does not walk in step with the wickedor stand in the way that sinners takeor sit in the company of mockers,2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,and who meditates on his law day and night.3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,which yields its fruit in seasonand whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers.4 Not so the wicked!They are like chaffthat the wind blows away.5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.