“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” (Romans 13:11 NLT).

SPIRITUAL AND GOSPEL URGENCY

The apostle Paul urged believers to get serious about their faith because of the lateness of the hour. This calls for spiritual urgency, because we must put off sin and any hindrance that belongs to the flesh, so that we might finish the race of life well. It calls for gospel urgency, because “time is running out” on those who haven’t heard and received the Good News that we are called to announce.

Are you living with a sense of spiritual and gospel urgency?

PRAYER: Dear Father, we confess our tendency for procrastination. We tend to put off important things and twiddle away our days. Help us to get a holy urgency to proclaim the gospel and live for You today. In Jesus’ name, amen.