Awake

Have you ever had a dream that made perfect sense to you only to wake and realize it was foolishness? No matter how real and logical it seemed only a few moments ago, when you wake up for real you are amazed at how silly it was.

Isaiah 29:5-8 

⁵ The multitude of your foes will be like fine dust,
    and the multitude of the ruthless, like blowing chaff.
    Then suddenly, in an instant,
    ⁶ you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts
    with thunder, earthquake, and loud noise,
    storm, tempest, and a flame of consuming fire.
    ⁷ The multitude of all the nations
    going out to battle against Ariel—
    all the attackers, the siege-works against her,
    and those who oppress her—
    will then be like a dream, a vision in the night.
    ⁸ It will be like a hungry one who dreams he is eating,
    then wakes and is still hungry;
    and like a thirsty one who dreams he is drinking,
    then wakes and is still thirsty, longing for water.
    So will be the multitude of all the nations
    who go to battle against Mount Zion.


There are going to be millions who wake up to the tragic reality that they had it all wrong. They all long for meaning, truth, and purpose thinking they found it in their own goals and ambitions. Only they are wrong. It can be found only in the person of Jesus Christ.

What of those who believe in God or Jesus, but deny Him the right to rule their lives absolutely?


Isaiah 29:13-16

¹³ The Lord said:
    Because these people approach Me with their mouths
    to honor Me with lip-service —
    yet their hearts are far from Me,
    and their worship [consists of] man-made rules
    learned [by rote]—
    ¹⁴ therefore I will again confound these people
    with wonder after wonder.
    The wisdom of their wise men will vanish,
    and the understanding of the perceptive will be hidden.
    ¹⁵ Woe to those who go to great lengths
    to hide their plans from the LORD.
    [They do] their works in darkness,
    and say, "Who sees us? Who knows us?"
    ¹⁶ You have turned things around,
    as if the potter were the same as the clay.
    How can what is made say about its maker,
    "He didn't make me"?
    How can what is formed
    say about the one who formed it,
    "He doesn't understand [what he's doing]"?


They - perhaps we - are warned as well. Do you serve God with all of you? Has He truly become Master and Lord of your life? Do you worship Him in Spirit and Truth?

John 4:23-24
²³ But an hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. Yes, the Father wants such people to worship Him. ²⁴ God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."

Praise Him today if you do, and pray for those who will be waking up to the nightmare. Pray for a heart for the lost.
If you do not worship Him in this way, fall on your knees, confess Him as the devoted slave of your Master, and worship Him in true freedom.