Wake up! … The voice of God in young people?

Morning: Psalm 45; Zechariah 2:1-13; Revelation 3:14-22

Evening: Psalms 47, 48; Isaiah 9:1-7; Matthew 24:32-44

The expression, ‘asleep at the wheel’ captures some of what the Gospel means when it says, ‘Keep awake!’ i.e. Live consciously. Dozing off at the wrong time can have disastrous consequences.  ‘Sleeping’ may be avoidance, too.  Young people are demanding that leaders ‘wake up!’ to the climate crisis which is also a crisis of leadership. They want leaders to be alert and find ways to turn things around. The Gospel implies that when humanity is ‘asleep at the wheel’, you never know when God may intervene. Perhaps these young people are, for us, the unexpected voice and intervention of God?