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JULY 1
KNOWING THE TIME

Scripture:  Romans 13:11-12 “And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.  The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.”
   
     How many times have you had someone ask you what time is it?  The text here today is talking in a spiritual realm.  Knowing how late the hour is, we need to wake up and get busy for the Lord. Have you ever slept a little later in the morning and suddenly realized that you have overslept and you were going to be late for work or an appointment?  That’s the picture he’s giving us here.  You’ve looked at the clock and you know the time, sleep time is over! Get up and get busy!  How we need to heed this verse in our Christian lives!
    So many are slumbering and sleeping when there’s so much work to do and so little time to do it in.  We need to shake ourselves and wake up, the Lord is soon coming and we are soon leaving and there are souls that need to hear about Jesus.  He says that the night is far spent!  The day is at hand!  Let’s get up and make up our minds that we’re going to get busy working for the Lord.
     His work is the greatest work in all the earth.  We can’t find anything that we could do that would be more gratifying and rewarding!  The thrill of telling the old, old story to a precious lost soul and seeing that soul bow in prayer and ask Jesus to save them is a priceless experience.  Knowing that you have just helped rescue a soul that was bound for hell, nothing can compare.
    But it’s a spiritual work!  He tells us to cast off the works of darkness.  There will be opposition.  The devil does not want you to work for God.  That’s another good reason to do it!  He tells us here to suit up and “put on the armour of light”.  Prepare yourself for the work.