I have a small LED clock in the living room. It sits on the stand directly below the television. It is extremely bright, sometimes so bright I find it annoying. But Bob wanted a clock in the living room, so there it sits.

It is also annoying in another way; it keeps gaining minutes. I must reset it continually to the correct time. Initially I thought I had set the time incorrectly, so I reset it. But when it kept doing that, I realized that it was the clock, not me. Time moves fast enough without this silly clock jumping ahead continually.

It may be time to throw this time-keeper away and get one that counts the hours, minutes, and seconds correctly. It may also be time for something else, to understand the present time. “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.” [Romans 13:11-12 NLT]

We would be foolish not to understand that time is running out. We are closer now to the coming of the LORD than any generation. Every moment we are one moment closer, and every moment is one that we will never have again.

Keeping that in mind, beloved, we need to wake up!  We’ve been asleep much too long. We’ve grown drowsy and lethargic. We have allowed ourselves to be lulled into a stupor all the while time is moving on – it’s even racing on, and we must get ready. It’s time for the Bride of Christ to prepare herself, to keep her lamps burning brightly.