Colossians 3: 1-4
1 Since,
then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where
Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly
things. 3 For
you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also
will appear with him in glory.
This week my Son has been assigned to the early shift
at work and this shift begins at 6:00 AM. Both he and I set our alarm clocks
for 5:00 AM, as to make the coffee and get ready. Well this morning my cell
phone alarm went off at 5:00 AM and instead of getting up, I hit the snooze
button. When I did this I discovered that I really didn’t go back to sleep,
instead I just lay in bed pretending to sleep.
At 5:30 AM, my son came into the room and said “time
to go daddy-o”! I jumped up, drank my cup of coffee that my son had made, ran
out the door and drove him to work. We will be doing this at least all week
until his schedule changes or until his mother gets home from her trip =)
How many of us hit the snooze button in regards to our
faith life and our witnessing to others about Christ. How many times has God
placed us in a position to be the Body of Christ, and out of fear or
indifference we hit the snooze button of turning away from God’s calling for
our lives.
Sometimes we may say, God will give me another chance
to serve him so it’s OK to snooze away from this calling or faith witness
opportunity. The crux of the Apostle Paul’s text this morning is that we are
called as to always make it our habit to concentrate on things of above.
Instead of the earthly snooze button of
inactivity, it is our calling and task to serve and get up when called for things
from above. When we are baptized we die with Christ and are given new lives in
Christ in which He appears in us and we must appear in Him and through Him to
others.
I often preach about using our God given talents for
ministry, and I often wonder how many of us are continually hitting the snooze
button on our gifts for God and only responding to the alarm when it is for
worldly needs?
Beloved, we have a reason and a need to always answer
the alarm and His name is Jesus Christ. Our Lord is saying, get up my child your daddy-o is saying it’s time to go.
My hope and prayer is that when Christ extends
His call to you, you will not pretend to be asleep but instead arise and say “I
am ready Lord”!
This is the day that the Lord has made.
Pastor Tim.
