Stop Sleeping on the Job!

The Monday prior to the Tsunami that hit Japan, my 7-year-old son, Jack had a dream of a tidal wave where a 1,000 people died.  Prior to that I kept getting "dragons" and "water".

Not knowing what that could mean, I kept seeking the Lord.  Then when the Tsunami hit, my friend said "there's your dragon and water."  I wasn't quite sure so I looked up Japanese dragon and it said that the japanese dragon was the diety of the water. 

So then this left me pondering why the Lord was telling me about the dragons and water and giving my son the dream of the tidal wave.  My questions "Why do you show us these things?'  "What do you want us to do?"

He said "I want you to be aware that people are dying everyday -- sometimes by the thousands -- and they don't know me."  "I want you to care."

Wow!  Talk about heavy.  Many times as Christians we say we want everyone to know Jesus.  That we want them to experience the fulness of his love, yet we spend our time trying to get through our own lives and don't make time to minister life into others.

So tonight as I sit here repenting, asking the Lord to make me wise -- wise with my time, my resources, and my gifts.  Give me wisdom to see the needs; to be proactive and not reactive; to not procrastinate but to motivate -- to reach into the lives of those around me -- those I know and those I don't know -- and minister him to them -- that they may know Jesus and that no one should see hell on my watch.

Just as when Jesus was in the Garden -- He had asked the disciples to watch and pray.  Each time he came back to them they were asleep.  vs 45 "Are you still sleeping and resting?  Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of the sinners."  Everytime I read this, I hear him saying "Stop sleeping on the job! I'm being handed over to the enemy, my people are being handed over to the enemy -- wake up! -- Watch and pray!" 

Lord, make us a people who watch and pray.  Make us diligent and mindful.  Let us hear your voice and respond to your command.  Make us wise and not foolish.  Make us a unified front and victorious against all attacks of the enemy -- winning souls to you -- in Jesus' name.  Amen!