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Reveille

Main Entry: rev·eil·le

Etymology: modification of French réveillez, imperative plural of réveiller to awaken, from Middle French reveiller, from re- + eveiller to awaken, from Vulgar Latin *exvigilare, from Latin ex- + vigilare to keep watch, stay awake — more at vigilant Date: 1644

1. : a signal to get up mornings
2. : a bugle call at about sunrise signaling the first military formation of the day; also : the formation so signaled

Wake up.

^ESV Romans 13:11 Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.

^NRS Ephesians 5:14 for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Sleeper, awake! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

^NIV Revelation 3:2 Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God.

^NLT Revelation 3:3 Go back to what you heard and believed at first; hold to it firmly. Repent and turn to me again. If you don’t wake up, I will come to you suddenly, as unexpectedd as a thief.

Wake up.

This has been echoing, echoing, echoing…beating, beating, and beating in my head-heart for a long time, but especially so for the past several months. My heart is burdened for people…so many in the world I live are “sleep” walking their way through life…blind to the realities and promises of the God of all creation, Jesus Christ. I am fearful for the many and I am fearful for the people that Holy Spirit has led me to shepherd over and minister to. So many in the circles I have traveled have “over-personalized” the gospel message reducing the proclamation of God’s Kingdom to individualized salvation. While our relationship with Jesus is intimate and personal, if this personal relationship isn’t made public in word and in action…it has not been made personal at all.

“…indignant and insulted…the temple leaders and religious leaders questioned Jesus over his actions. Specifically, they were concerned over his leading children astray… Jesus’ response to them was this question; ‘Haven’t you ever read the Scriptures?’” –Matthew 21:15-16

Over the next few days and weeks I will try to flesh out some of my thoughts in this blog with regard to the promises of life our Lord has invited us to partake in; a life free from the bondage of sin. All of these promises clearly spelled out and contextually accurate in their interpretation from the Bible. There is no reason for us to be accused of the same failure as the Sadducees and religious leaders in the day of Jesus.

“…Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of God.” Jesus – Matthew 22:29

Wake up.

^CSB Proverbs 6:9 How long will you stay in bed, you slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?

^NLT Psalm 57:8 Wake up, my heart! Wake up, O lyre and harp! I will wake the dawn with my song.

“Whoever hungers for righteousness wants to live actively according to God’s righteousness; this is proper for the person with a good heart. One who thirsts for righteousness wants to acquire the knowledge of God that one can gain only by studying scriptures. This is fitting for the person with an attentive heart.” –Anonymous

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