{"id":10256,"date":"2022-11-21T08:16:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T08:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=10256"},"modified":"2022-11-21T08:16:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T08:16:31","slug":"sleep-or-awake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=10256","title":{"rendered":"SLEEP OR AWAKE?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FAITH CAPSULE:\u00a0<\/strong>This wicked world demands all to be awake, seeking God diligently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matthew 6<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coming to God is seeking God.
In the word of God, there is a required standard for all to seek Him diligently.\u00a0
Hebrews 11:6\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>records,\u00a0\u201c\u2026he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0
One seeking God with diligence is acceptable before God.
Seeking God is not enough by determination, but with a desire to seek and find God.
Among ways to seek God diligently are:
WAKE UP FROM SLEEPING\u00a0
Are you alive or sleeping before God?
This wicked world demands to be awake, seeking God diligently, and not be asleep spiritually.\u00a0
One that is not living for God is sleeping before God spiritually.
The parable of Jesus is an everyday truth with spiritual application.
It is an earthly truth with a heavenly meaning.
When sleeping takes the place of serving God,\u00a0Matthew 13:25-30<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0records the consequence of sleeping from serving God,\u00a0\u201cbut while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. So the servants of the owner came and said to him, \u2018Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?\u2019 He said to them, \u2018An enemy has done this.\u2019 The servants said to him, \u2018Do you want us then to go and gather them up?\u2019 But he said, \u2018No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, \u201cFirst gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them but gather the wheat into my barn.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>
The parable of Jesus reveals sleeping as the key for the wicked to gain entrance into life.\u00a0
Sleeping, not being awake before God, is far from God.
One sleeping spiritually is the evidence of not knowing God serve God acceptably, continually.
TO COME OUT OF WICKEDNESS\u00a0is to live life to seek God diligently.
The wickedness of this world is awake continually.
Spiritually sleeping is asleep in the place of living life before God, positioning the self to become exposed to the wicked world.
God will judge the wicked world at His appointed time.\u00a0
Wicked ones often get away with their activities, but not discouraging not to be seeking God diligently.
Seek God and not become a victim of judgment over wickedness.\u00a0\u00a0Ecclesiastes 8:11-12\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>warns,\u00a0\u201cBecause the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet I surely know that it will be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him.\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0
God is watching, waiting for His appointed time for judgment.
Do not be discouraged not to seek God diligently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prayer for today:<\/strong> Ask God to enable you to seek Him diligently.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FAITH CAPSULE:\u00a0This wicked world demands all to be awake, seeking God diligently. Matthew 6 Coming to God is seeking God.In the word of God, there is a required standard for all to seek Him diligently.\u00a0Hebrews 11:6\u00a0records,\u00a0\u201c\u2026he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently … Continue reading SLEEP OR AWAKE?<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10256"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10257,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10256\/revisions\/10257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}