“Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.” 1 Thessalonians 5:6
The word of God shows us that because we are children of the day and not of the night, he expects us to be alert; to watch and be sober. At night, people rest, they sleep, they become unconscious of their environment and anything can happen.
He is giving us insight; he is saying that those in the night are unconscious of their spiritual environment, they are asleep- inactive in the spirit;
“But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.” 1 Corinthians 2:14
He tells us to be sober- stay alert in the spirit; here he is not talking about registering with the vigilante group in your community but being actively involved spiritually, fully aware of your spiritual environment and one way to do this is to speak in other tongues:
“For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.” 1 Corinthians 14:2
The children of the day are alert in the spirit, they speak and live in the spirit. Child of the day, learn to pray in the spirit- do not be found unaware.
BIBLE READING PLAN: ESTHER 9 – 10