“Awake, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will give you light.”
(Ephesians 5:14, NLT)

“We all have many dreams and aspirations when we are young, but sooner or later we realize we have no power to accomplish them … The remarkable thing about spiritual inspiration is that the life and power comes after we “get up and get going.” God does not give us overcoming life – He gives us life as we overcome. When the inspiration of God comes, and He says, “Arise from the dead … ,” we have to get ourselves up …

If we will take the initiative to overcome, we will find that we have the inspiration of God, because He immediately gives us the power of life.”

(Oswald Chambers, My Utmost For His Highest, February 16)