Fallen Asleep

Mark 13:33-36

“Take heed, keep on the alert; for you do not know when the appointed time will come. It is like a man away on a journey, who upon leaving his house and putting his slaves in charge, assigning to each one his task, also commanded the doorkeeper to stay on the alert. Therefore, be on the alert—for you do not know when the master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning—in case he should come suddenly and find you asleep. What I say to you I say to all, ‘Be on the alert!’”

Too many of the Lord’s people have fallen asleep. We have become distracted and lazy, taken in by the cool technology and the pleasures that this world has to offer.

Matthew 5:13

“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.”

Too many of the Lord’s people have become tasteless. We have become comfortable in the ease of our daily routines. We have allowed our Pastors and teachers to spoon feed us and tell us the things that we want to hear.

So…

Have you fallen asleep?

Have you become tasteless?

Or are you awake at your post keeping watch at the door?