Wake Up!

Wake Up!

We have been commanded by Jesus to love one another. It’s always been something we’ve known- as believers- that we are called to do. The Bible actually says that we owe love! Check out this passage in Romans:

Owe nothing to anyone—except for your obligation to love one another. If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill the requirements of God’s law. For the commandments say, “You must not commit adultery. You must not murder. You must not steal. You must not covet.”These—and other such commandments—are summed up in this one commandment: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to others, so love fulfills the requirements of God’s law.

This is all the more urgent, for you know how late it is; time is running out. Wake up, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is almost gone; the day of salvation will soon be here. So remove your dark deeds like dirty clothes, and put on the shining armor of right living. Because we belong to the day, we must live decent lives for all to see. Don’t participate in the darkness of wild parties and drunkenness, or in sexual promiscuity and immoral living, or in quarreling and jealousy. Instead, clothe yourself with the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. And don’t let yourself think about ways to indulge your evil desires.

• Romans 13:8-14

What is all the more urgent? Love! We are living in the last days and the Bible admonishes us to “wake up” because it’s getting late and time on this earth is running out. We are to be up and about, clothed with Christ, and about His business- loving people!