One becomes increasingly more aware of society and culture alienated from God, worshipping self and its own creations. People are intoxicated with self, pleasure, feeling good, and doing what is right in their own eyes. Rom. 1:21–24
THERE IS A PROPHETIC CALL IN THE SPIRIT TO AWAKEN!
Awake to righteousness, and do not sin (NKJV) 1 Cor 15:34
Wees nugter op die regte manier, en sondig nie; want sommige het geen kennis van God nie. (NAV)
Think straight. Awaken to the holiness of life. No more playing fast and loose with resurrection facts. Ignorance of God is a luxury you can't afford in times like these. (the Message)
Awake [from your drunken stupor and return] to sober sense and your right minds, and sin no more (amplified)
And no one calls on Your name and awakens and bestirs himself to take and keep hold of You; for You have hidden Your face from us and have delivered us into the [consuming] power of our iniquities. Isa 64:7
H5782. עוּר ‘ûr: I. A verb meaning to stir, to arouse, to awaken. It is used of raising something or someone to action, of agitating someone, of motivating him or her. It is used of stirring oneself to action (Judg. 5:12; Ps. 57:8[9]); especially of the Lord’s arousing Himself or His arm (Ps. 7:6[7]; 59:4[5]; Isa. 51:9). In its passive use, it means to be stirred up (Jer. 6:22; 25:32; Zech. 4:1). It means to rouse someone to action (Zech. 9:13); to use a weapon (2 Sam. 23:18); to stir up a nest of young birds (a figure of the Lord toward His people) (Deut. 32:11).
And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts. Ro 13:11
“Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.” Rev 16:15 (Matt. 24:43; Luke 12:39; Rev. 3:3, 11)
Study Isaiah 33
According to Ephesians 1, apostle Paul prays that the eyes of your understanding being enlightened:
