“Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Mark 14:38 NKJV
This is one of the warnings in the Bible that should send chills through anybody’s spine. The Almighty God carefully assessed the circumstances surrounding human existence and concluded that humans need to be careful to survive this dangerous & deceptive world.
“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” I Peter 5:8 NKJV
Sobriety and vigilance are the two major components of watchfulness. To be watchful is to be alert, sensitive, vigilant, wakeful, observant, watching over someone or watching against temptation and sins such as pride, lukewarmness, complacency, immortality, spiritual barrenness etc.
“Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober.” I Thess. 5:6 NKJV
Wake Up! You can not afford to lose focus for a moment.
Shalom!