As I have recently stepped into the position as the Youth Director I have been doing some reflecting on the name of our youth ministry, Awake. I have gone back and forth deciding if we should keep this name and after a lot of prayer and reflecting I believe that we are supposed to continue diving into the theme of Awakening.
I've been looking a the story of the Ten Virgins in Matthew 25. There have been times when I have read this story and thought to myself, "I want to be one of the wise who had oil in their lamp." As I read it again though, I cannot help but think that I would want to be the watchman who cried, "Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him." I do not want to be the wise or the foolish sleeping, I want to be AWAKE, always ready, for as the Lord says at the end of the story, "watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour."
And while it is not actually physically possible to always be awake, we can always be AWAKE to the presence of the Lord. When we are AWAKE to the presence of the Lord not only will we be able to give Him glory, but we will shine forth His light to bring AWAKENING to the rest of the world.
Take a listen to this song that we sung in church a couple of weeks ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_J9BI6AFO0
I've been looking a the story of the Ten Virgins in Matthew 25. There have been times when I have read this story and thought to myself, "I want to be one of the wise who had oil in their lamp." As I read it again though, I cannot help but think that I would want to be the watchman who cried, "Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him." I do not want to be the wise or the foolish sleeping, I want to be AWAKE, always ready, for as the Lord says at the end of the story, "watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour."
And while it is not actually physically possible to always be awake, we can always be AWAKE to the presence of the Lord. When we are AWAKE to the presence of the Lord not only will we be able to give Him glory, but we will shine forth His light to bring AWAKENING to the rest of the world.
Take a listen to this song that we sung in church a couple of weeks ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_J9BI6AFO0