time to wake up

I dreamed last night, I heard an alarm clock ring loud and clear. I told the Holy Spirit "here I am Lord awake but Father why I am I here. What am I to be doing What use am I?”

Who do I paint for?

Who do I write for?

He answered, “For the 1 in 99.”

I asked, “Tell me about the one.”

And in my thoughts, I saw the one who was brave enough to look up as the rest were content to graze. I saw the one who wandered off looking for adventure. I saw the one who wanted more.

I asked, “But I thought the 1 in 99 was about a lost sheep.”

He showed me that Jesus yes Jesus came for the found, and the lost, but also for those convicted by the Spirit in helping others find His gift of salvation.

These are those people who really get ”it.” They are awake and aware. Time is short. Gifts from the Father are in abundance. And while many are flourishing, just as many are languishing, His gifts to be used.

And then I read this… about the 98... TIME TO WAKE UP - Romans 13:11 "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."

It is time to "Wake up." There is such a great need for the slumbering saint to wake up from being glorified to glorifying.

“A man came into church and he thought he would impress his pastor, so he said, "Pastor, give me a good prayer to pray unto entering the sanctuary." The pastor knew him and knew his habits, so the pastor suggested, "Why don’t you pray, ‘Now I lay me down to sleep.’” from http://preacherscorner.org/alarm.htm

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