Awaken Your Soul to Receive

This time of year my soul begins to long for the warm light and the hope of spring. As the buds on the trees begin to swell and the days slowly stretch a little longer, I am always reminded of a passage in Ephesians:

“Awake, O sleeper,
and arise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.”
[Ephesians 5:14]

After months of cold and darkness, something in us begins to stir again. We feel it in the light returning to the mountains, in the quiet promise of new growth, and in the deep places of our hearts that have grown weary.

Our souls can become parched under the pressure and noise of this culture. Life moves quickly, and it is easy to fill our days without ever truly being still.

Yet we are invited to something different.

We are invited to return.

To set aside time to enter His presence.
To be intentional.
To turn toward Him and pursue Him.

If we do not become intimate with His voice, how will we recognize it when He speaks to our souls?

Scripture reminds us where that light is found:

“In Him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
[John 1:4–5]

Spring reminds us that awakening is always possible. That light still breaks through darkness. That life still rises where things once seemed dormant.

So perhaps the question for this week is a simple one.

How can you set aside time to make space for God in your life?

What might need to be considered, adjusted, or even eliminated to make room for Him again?

Sometimes awakening begins with something as small as choosing to be still.