FAITH CAPSULE: The enemy will sow evil seeds only in the sleeping church.

Acts 12

Are you a believer in God?
Are you aware of what is keeping you asleep when you are to be awake?
Sleeping will give the enemy a position to strike.
The enemy of man is here to kill and destroy.
Be awake, watch, and pray to deny the enemy from sowing evil into life of sleeping ones.
In the parable of the wheat and tares, Jesus said, “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who owed good seed in his field; but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way.” (Matthew 13:24-25) 
The point is that sleeping gives the enemy the privilege to sow tares (wickedness). 
One that is not asleep but awake makes it difficult for the enemy to sow tares among the wheat.
In this wicked world, to be alive demands being constantly awake physically and spiritually.
As an acclaimed believer, are you awake or are you asleep? 
Just as it is possible to be asleep physically, it is also possible to become asleep spiritually. 
One who is spiritually asleep becomes spiritually at risk. 
For one who is asleep, prayer will cease, and the enemy shall gain entrance. 
One that is asleep, the eyes and mind shut.
At the time of wickedness, when sleeping, challenging situations are inevitable.
When James, the brother of John, was killed by King Herod, the church was asleep.
Acts 12:1-2 records the seed of the violence of Herod to the church, “Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church. Then he killed James the brother of John with the sword.”
The same hand of Herod sent Peter to prison.
Acts 12:5-7 states, “…but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church. And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping, bound with two chains between two soldiers; and the guards before the door were keeping the prison. Now behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison; and he struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, “Arise quickly!” And his chains fell off his hands.”
The deliverance of Peter from the wickedness of King Herod was awake of constant prayer by the church. 
It is possible that the same church was not constantly praying but asleep when James fell at the hand of Herod.
The enemy will sow evil seeds only in the sleeping church.
As a temple of God (church of God), are you asleep or awake?
Can you afford to sleep when you need to be awake?
1 Peter 4:7 warns, “But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.”
You are the church of God that is not awake in prayer.

Prayer for today: Ask God to enable you to become awake spiritually and attentive physically.