Get Up!

This morning, I did not want to get up. It was 6:55...and I had already hit snooze five times. I was now awake, but just didn't want to move. Ever have one of those days? Where you know you need to get up and get moving, but you just can't find the effort it requires? When I was laying there, the effort that it was going to require for me to start my day and get in gear felt so great. I did not want to rise from my comfy, warm bed. But we all know what happens once we do. It's not so bad...and not so hard. All you have to do is swing your legs off the bed...and stand up.

While reading through Acts 9 this morning, I heard...again...the words, "Get Up!" This phrase occurs many times, with all different settings.

On the road to Damascus, Saul was crushed to the ground by a blazing light and a surprising voice. After the Lord identified himself as Jesus, His first command to Saul was, "Now get up."

And then Peter instructed Aeneas, the paralytic in Lydda, to "get up and take care of your mat," after declaring, "Jesus Christ heals you."

In Joppa, a much loved saint named Tabitha had died. Peter went to the upstairs room where she had been put. After he knelt and prayed, he turned to the dead woman and said, "Tabitha, get up."

Now, to 'get up' can have a few meanings. It can be used in the sense of waking someone up from sleep, to rise from a flat position if someone was sick, but the deeper meaning of the root word is so insightful. It is the same root word used for resurrection - meaning to arise from the dead.

Do you feel spiritually asleep? Maybe even dead? Most of us are found at some time or another like Saul. Needing to be resurrected from the entrapment of our sin. God requires our immediate obedience...and to get up and get moving towards Him!

"What shall I do, Lord?" I asked.
"'Get up,' the Lord said, 'and go..'
Acts 22:10

We may not know where to go, or what to do, but nothing is too big or too great for God! Especially when it comes to turning one of the most hostile opponents of the Lord into a willing servant. He has the ability to save anyone. The challenge is to not be deceived by self-satisfaction...as Saul was pretty content with his life. Stop being content with your life as it is now! Turn to God...and enjoy the abundance of His grace.

"Don't be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed."
Luke 8:50

Just move your feet...God will guide you where to go.