Genesis 28:16 “When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware of it.”"

A few months after Caroline and I got married, I awoke one night to that “somebody’s watching me” feeling. I glanced next to me expecting to see Caroline but only saw an empty pillow. My eyes were then drawn to the end of the bed where Caroline was crouched in a spider-man type of pose, starring at me. Alarmed, I flipped on the light and asked her what was going on. She then jumped backwards over the foot board, landed on the floor, and sprawled her back up against the wall as if she was trying to get away from something. She then proceeded to yell “Spiders!….on the bed!….lots of them!….” I jumped out of bed to inspect the immediate area only to find nothing. At this point, I had come to the conclusion that she was either completely crazy or simply just dreaming. Assuming the later, I proceeded to wake her up to the reality of no spiders. After telling her she was dreaming and to wake up, she then came to and agreed her actions were abnormal because of her dream.

I tell you this story (with permission from Caroline, by the way) because I believe there is one specific reality we need to continually wake up to in our lives- that God is with us. Time and time again in scripture (Genesis 28:15, Joshua 3:7, Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 43:5, Jeremiah 1:8 to name a few) , God reminds his people that He is with them. Why? Because time and time again, we forget!

Here are a few “wake ups” we need to constantly see in our lives:

  • Wake up to the reality of our sin and need for a Savior!
  • Wake up to see the need for others in our life who will wake us up to blind spots!
  • Wake others up to their need for Christ!

What do you need to wake up to?

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