What Keeps You Awake?

I was in youth group last night and there was a question asked that really caught my ear. Greg asked, "what is it that keeps you awake at night? What do you think about so much that you just can't fall asleep?"

Wow! I know what it should be but honestly it is rarely that. It should be the thought of millions of lost souls dying and going to hell. it should be the fact that some of those lost souls are my family members. How can I ever fall asleep when I know this? How selfish and uncaring can I be? I go to bed thinking of the temporary problems I have or the difficulties I will face the next day without ever thinking that the first person I will see may be lost. The fact that many of the people I pass or the street or see in Wal-Mart are empty inside and are just looking for someone to tell them of the hope they can have in Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 3:15 says,

Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your Christian hope, always be ready to explain it. (New Living Translation)

I have known this verse by heart for so many years but often I neglect to put it into practice. Woe to me! I am a sinful and unclean man. But thanks be to God! He has saved me and He keeps me. Help me oh Lord not to hold this inside but help me to have it ever on my heart and on my lips. Ready always to tell someone of the hope I have in You.

I leave you with one last question.

What keeps you awake?