February 16: Ephesians 5:14 - When God Awakens What We Thought Was Gone (Today's Reflection from My Utmost For His Highest)
Bible Verse Ephesians 5:14 "Arise from the dead..." Reflection There are moments in the spiritual life when God’s call doesn’t sound like a trumpet blast — it feels more like a quiet stirring, a nudge that refuses to leave us alone. Chambers reminds us that not every impulse to “get up and get going” is holy. Human initiative pushes from the outside; spiritual initiative rises from within, breathed into us by the Spirit of God. We all carry dreams that once felt alive and possible. Over time, life has a way of convincing us those dreams have died. We tuck them away, call them unrealistic, and move on. But God does not. He steps into the places we have labeled “dead” and speaks the same word He spoke through Paul: “Arise from the dead.” When God awakens something in us, it is never a demand — it is an invitation. And the miracle is this: the power comes after we respond. He does not lift us to our feet; He calls us to rise. He does not stretch out our hand for us; He tells us ...