The God of TODAY…He's not sleeping

This morning I was reading in Psalm 44. It says:

"We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst favor unto them." Ps. 44:1-3

A few verses further down in the chapter we find another verse, "Awake, why sleepiest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast us not off forever." vs 23

While written several thousand years ago, these passages aren't too far off the mark, are they? In fact, they sound about like we talk today. 

"God, I've heard about the great things you've done in the past. I've heard how you worked in days gone by. But what about today? It seems like you are sleeping today. What is wrong?"

The reality is that God has not changed… He is still the same, yesterday, today and forever. The ones who have changed is His people. We have changed…Maybe we don't see Him work as we should because we don't trust and obey Him as we should. Maybe we don't see Him work as He could because we don't have faith as we could…

It's different for all of us. But one thing I do know, and that is, God has not changed. He is the God of today, of this morning. He's the God that is opening doors here in the AR-LA Conference (even yesterday and today). He is the God that cares about giving us food to eat. He's the God the woke me up early this morning just so we could spend time together. He's the God that is working miracles in my life, even this week. And He is NOT sleeping. If it seems He is sleeping it's probably because we have been sleeping. But He really hasn't. When we wake up, He will wake up. He has not changed.