So the captain came to him, and said to him, "What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God; perhaps your God will consider us, so that we may not perish." Jonah 1:6
I was struck by this verse a couple days ago when I read it and I can't get it out of my head.
It got me thinking, have I been sleeping in my tasks, or have I risen up?
If I am completing a task without thanking God or beseeching His help, am I acting asleep?
When I forget to call on God in my hardships, it is as if I was asleep.
If you structure this verse it could become:
What do you mean, sleeper?
Arise,
Call on your God
Perhaps your God
Will consider us
So that we may not perish
Chiastically structering the verse this way shows that the first half is what we are to do, and the second half is God's response. Return to the Lord, and He will return unto you it says in Zechariah.
It also shows it is completely out of our control. God may just consider us. Or He may not.
Sleeper is tied to perish. Arise with consider and call with perhaps.
Oh, Lord, may we pray to You each day. Hear us, Lord.
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