SPIRITUAL AWAKENING!

Psalm 57:8 (CSB)  

Wake up, my soul! Wake up, harp and lyre! I will wake up the dawn


Spiritual awakening generally refers to a newfound awareness of a spiritual reality. It can be gradual or rapid and can mean different things to different people. What the world calls “spiritual awakening” often involves new age concepts, which could potentially open doors to contact with demonic spirits.

True spiritual awakening often involves the realization of sinfulness, leading to repentance and a renewed commitment to follow God. Salvation serves as the primary spiritual awakening, changing us from spiritual death to spiritual life. This awakening leads to a stronger relationship with God, repentance, and a transformed life.

Biblically, spiritual awakening is not a waking from spiritual sleep but a resurrection from spiritual death. Everyone is born in sin and spiritually dead. Ephesians 2:1 state that, before we knew Christ, we were dead in transgressions and sins. Because of the sin of Adam, which we inherited, we are all separated from God, who is Life (Romans 5:12). We cannot experience, understand, or relate to a holy and perfect God in our unregenerate state, nor can we enter His kingdom.

Our need for spiritual awakening is profound: “The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ” (2 Corinthians 4:4). We must be “awakened” spiritually, or, as Jesus put it, we must be “born again” or “born of the Spirit” (John 3:3–8).

True spiritual awakening—the new birth that Jesus spoke of—occurs not by some physical, mental, or emotional process but by the power of the Holy Spirit. One who is awakened by the Holy Spirit is recreated into a completely new person (2 Corinthians 5:17; Titus 3:5; 1 Peter 1:3). This new creation is characterized by a new heart that wants to please and obey God and live for Him (2 Corinthians 5:9). He has been awakened to a new reality, one that centres on the Savior who redeemed him, the Spirit who awakened him, and the kingdom of God to which he now belongs. This is true spiritual awakening.

John 9 records the story of the man born blind, whose spiritual awakening led to an acknowledgment of who Jesus is. The man’s receipt of spiritual sight was accompanied by physical sight. He spoke of the dawning of new light in his life in simple terms: “One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!” (John 9:25). He knew the truth of Psalm 36:9, “With you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.”

Apostle Paul’s spiritual awakening was sudden and dramatic when Jesus met him on the road to Damascus and changed his life forever (Acts 9). From then on, Paul’s desire was for all believers to increase in their spiritual awareness: “I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened” (Ephesians 1:18). The psalmist’s prayer in Psalm 119:18 is also for spiritually open eyes: “Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.” Our spiritual awakening begins when Jesus sheds His light upon us: “The people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned” (Matthew 4:16).

The proper response to the Light of the World should be as natural as getting up in the morning: “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you” (Isaiah 60:1). When the Holy Spirit awakens us to the truth of Christ and indwells us by grace through faith, we can truly sing with John Newton:

“Amazing grace—how sweet the sound—  

That saved a wretch like me!  

I once was lost but now am found,  

Was blind but now I see.”

PRAYER: Father, awake my soul from slumber and keep me spiritually alert in this time, that I may know your heartbeat and continually follow your light. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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