Believe the Alarm Clock

Pray Over This

“Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.”

Romans 6:3-4

Ponder This

So many of us rely on whether we feel victorious to know whether we’re living a new life. The problem is, our feelings are the shallowest part of our nature but salvation is the deepest work of God. He doesn’t do the deepest work in the shallowest part. He doesn’t say, “Feel it.” He says, “Believe it.”

A woman woke up one morning, the alarm clock went off, but it seemed like she’d just gone to sleep. She said, “It could not be six o’clock in the morning.” But she looked at the alarm clock, and it said so. She turned on the radio; the six o’clock programs were playing. She opened the window and looked out and the sun was coming up. It was six in the morning whether she felt like it was or not.

Day by day we count on what happened two thousand years ago. Day by day, every morning, every believer must wake up and say, “I’m dead to sin. I’m alive in Christ. I know it is a fact. He died for me; now I choose to believe it and live like it’s true.” Christ not only gave Himself for me but also gave Himself to me. The life I now live is by faith in the Son of God, and I must count on the life of Christ in me daily.

What are some things that make it challenging to feel close to God?

What would change if you started your day trusting God and all He has done for you as the promise that He will continue to do so?

Practice This

Write out different truths about God that you struggle to believe. Confess your doubts to God.

LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers