Wake Up! You are a Child of Light

April 13, 2014

Lent Day 35, Monday, April 14

But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him. Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. 1 Thessalonians 5:4-11

Wake up! Don’t miss a day as a child of light. Don’t let darkness steal who you really are and will be in Christ. He died for your salvation and that you may live with him forever. What is more encouraging than that? Remind each other of this.

Ponder: Where have you believed the lie that you are of the night or darkness? Where do you need encouragement? Who can you build up today? Where do you need to remind yourself that you are a child of light (if you believe in Jesus Christ)?

Praise: We have the hope of salvation, for God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us so we might live with him.

Artist: Tricia Robinson, "A Girl and Her Dreams"

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