High time to awake

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“That, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.” (Romans 13:11)


The Lord has saved us— saved us from death — saved us from the sleep which is the first cousin to death — saved us from indifference— saved us from unbelief — saved us from hardheartedness— saved us from carelessness. Well, now, if the Lord has done this for us, what business have we to be in a sleepy state? Child of God, thou art expecting Christ soon to come, and he may come to night, or he may, if he pleases, delay his coming, but why, oh why, dost thou think of sleeping? You are saved— we are not going to question that; and your glorious salvation is nearer than when you believed. But what have you done during these many years? You have been eating the fat and drinking the sweet, but have you fed the hungry? Have you brought in the wandering? You have enjoyed the means of grace, you tell me. And is this all you were created for…If you are going to do something it must be done very soon, young man. You are not a child now. Your sun has not quite reached its zenith, but it is rising high. It may go down ere, it is noon. If something is to be accomplished before you die, get at it, man, get at it, or your life will be a failure. And you of middle life. Well, you are in the very strength and prime of your days. If God is to be glorified by you, and souls brought to Christ by you, I urge you, in the name of all that is reasonable, get at it, and lay to, for if you do not work now, when will you?

“What shall I render to the Lord for all his benefits toward me?”  (Psalm 116:12)

Charles Spurgeon

This entry was posted in Metropolitan Tabernacle - Vol 7 and tagged Amos 6, hear spurgeon, Scourge for Slumbering Souls, Sermon 417

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