Wake Up!!

In trying to encourage someone else's walk with God, I realized that I have been sleeping lately--so big yawn..........waking up. Here is what I said to that person but now realize it was for me:

Your heart is alive with the Spirit of God--sometimes our heart takes a nap--but God says:

"Wake up, O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."(NIV) (Ephesians 5:14 - New Testament)

and He first said this in Isaiah 60:1 (Tanakh) :

"Arise, shine; for your light has come, And the glory of the LORD has risen upon you." (NIV)

So the first point is WAKE UP! - the Spirit of the Lord lives in us.

The second point is the verse in Ephesians is simply a repeat of the original verse in the book of Isaiah which was written about 2700 years ago but is clearly about the same Messiah of the "New" Testament," Yeshua Hamashiach (Jesus the Messiah).

This song speaks of Yeshua being brought into the temple to be dedicated 40 days after his birth as instructed by the Torah.

Now That I've Held Him In My Arms by Michael Card



Now That I've Held Him In My Arms

by Michael Card

That old man in the temple
Waiting in the court
Waiting for the answer to a promise
And all at once he sees them
In the morning sunshine
A couple come and carry in a baby
Chorus
Now that I've held Him in my arms
My life can now come to an end
Let Your servant now depart in peace
Cause I've seen Your salvation
He's the Light of the Gentiles
And the glory of His people Israel
Marry and the baby come
And in her hand five shekels
The price to redeem her baby boy
The baby softly cooing
Nestled in her arms
Simeon takes the boy and starts to sing

Chorus
Now's the time to take Him in your arms
Your life will never come to an end
He's the only way that you'll find peace
He'll give you salvation cause
He's the Light of the Gentiles
And the glory of His people Israel