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Dear Sleepy Christian-Wake Up! A Cautionary Tale

Dear Sleepy Christian-Wake Up! A Cautionary Tale

Last updated on: November 9, 2026 at 9:00 pm by Kathy King

Dear Sleepy Christian-Wake Up! A Cautionary Tale 2026-11-09T21:00:58-05:00 Kathy King

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“Sleepy Christian, let me shout in thine ears: thou are sleeping while souls are being lost, sleeping while men are being damned, sleeping while hell is being peopled, sleeping while Christ is being dishonored… You will never catch the devil asleep; let not the devil catch you asleep.” Charles Spurgeon

On a dark and lonely day, all was lost. The people tore their clothes and cried. They lamented, “I thought I was making the right choices, and doing what was best; but here we are, wringing our hands.” You may ask, “What had the people done to cause them such pain?” Dear reader, it is a tale as old as time, the sleeping people did not wake. They trusted mere mortals and failed to understand, only God on high can change the hearts of women and men. Some trust in chariots and horses, others in shepherds who are greatly misled, and then some are just cynical and just don’t care. Pride also has its place in this repeating tale, along with boasting of their victory and telling tall tales. As soon as the election is over, the mask comes off. They had no intention of making life better for those they pledged to do so with all their heart. Our battle is not with flesh and blood, it is with him who steals, kills and destroys. He walks around like a roaring lion, seeking to devour humanity with his minions feigning fake kindness. But what he who steals always neglects to see, is that a praying remnant asks to be delivered by the King of Kings. As with any election, there may be times when things seem dark, but God and His unending mercy will come and deliver His precious ones who He loves with all His heart. Wake up church! Watch and Pray! Call upon Him, be bold in the faith.

How soon we forget

Imagine if you will, a people whose life’s toil was great. They had been reduced to mere slaves, they spent days doing back-breaking work with no real reward. Many starved, some died doing their work. The people often thought, “They are the lucky ones.” The departed souls did not have to deal with life’s toil anymore, they had gone to Abraham’s bosom to be with the Lord. As time wore on, the slave master saw the population grow. He thought that this was not a good sign, they might revolt. The master gave an order for all the male children to be killed. The soldiers descended with great haste and slaughtered the little ones. You could hear the wails of the mothers far and wide. As the people wept and cried out, Hashem heard their cries. He saved a little one from his doomed fate, he was placed in a basket in the river; his life was saved. From this little one a great plan was made, God had a calling on this one that was great. As the child grew, God walked and talked with Him. Hashem had heard the cries of His people and would deliver them. God used this little one who grew into a man, He led the captives out of their harsh land. The people were shown wonders never seen by human eyes, they knew God heard their cries. As they were led from captivity, God parted the great sea. They walked across on dry land away from their captors bound for the land of milk and honey.

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Groaning and memory loss of blessings

As they started their trek to their new land, they grew impatient and started to complain. “We miss the rich foods that we had in our slave land. We want onions and garlic and other good things. We are never going to make it to the promised land and enjoy some treats.” The great man who led them from captivity grew impatient with the complaining people and went off to pray. He needed to talk with God to find his way. As he sat with Hashem on the mountain and prayed the people said, “We’ve had enough! Let’s find another god to whom we can pray!” They fashioned a golden calf out of jewelry from their slave land, they danced, drank and performed lewd acts right at the feet of their golden calf. They shouted, “This is our god now! He lets us indulge our flesh and he will deliver us now!” Violence, sexual sin and depravity had crept in, how quickly they forgot their deliverance from their slave land. As their leader came down from the holy and hallowed place, he heard the depraved party taking place. He saw the calf, the sexual acts and the worship of a false god. He grew angry and shouted, “Has your heart already become so hard? Have you forgotten Hashem’s deliverance and His miracles He performed? You have listened to your flesh and not the Lord!” As he finished His sentence, the ground opened up, it swallowed the revelers whole! The earth ate them up.

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We’ve erected our golden calf

What is the moral of the story you may ask, to which I would reply; it’s a tale as old as time. In our humanness, how quickly we forget God’s goodness, grace and deliverance. Our flesh will lie to us and say God is not working, we will seek to find our own way and gods to move things along. We fail to trust, pray and call upon God. We end up with a golden calf that we fashioned in our sin, we fall, judgement comes and we cry out to Hashem. God in His goodness will hearken to us, but the earth may have to swallow a few things up. Some of this is the fault of sleeping and misled shepherds who are not leading their congregations in the narrow way but inevitably we become impatient when things do not go exactly our way. Dear readers, learn from history! The devil deceived ⅓ of the angels in heaven, just think what he can do with humanity. Look at the Scripture that was penned long ago, II Chronicles 7:14, hear the word of the Lord: “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”

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Wake up sleeping church!

Dear ones, we are much like the slaves of old. The church is asleep, shepherds are touting wolves and the world is on fire. Look at history, we are on a precipice. Much like the Israelites in Egypt long ago, we’ve erected our golden calves to make us feel better about the state of the world. No person can save our land, we’ve placed our faith in earthen vessels. Only God can save our world. How quickly we forget God’s goodness, I urge you all as the holidays approach to take a renewed look at prayer, kindness and love for our fellow humans. Let’s tell the enemy to kick rocks in the mighty Name of Jesus and pray for a great awakening! Selah

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