09/15/2026
📯 WE ARE IN THE DAYS OF AWE
Have you ever wondered why the Bible begins with a trumpet blast and a call to remember?
Right now, the Jewish calendar is in a season traditionally known as the Days of Awe. The ten days between Rosh Hashanah (The Feast of Trumpets), and Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement).
For centuries, this has been a time of reflection, repentance, prayer, and returning to God.
And while Christians are not required to observe these days as a religious obligation, there is something deeply meaningful for every follower of Jesus in the biblical themes they bring before us.
📯 WAKE UP
The shofar was a call to attention.
Don't sleep through what God is doing.
Don't become spiritually numb.
Pay attention to your heart.
❤️ EXAMINE YOUR HEART
The Days of Awe traditionally call people to look honestly at their lives.
Where have I drifted?
What needs to change?
Who do I need to forgive?
Who do I need to ask forgiveness from?
Where have I stopped listening to God?
Scripture tells us:
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you,
and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
— Psalm 139:23–24
🔥 RETURN TO GOD
Biblical repentance isn't simply feeling bad about what we've done.
It is turning around.
It is leaving the path that leads us away from God and returning to Him.
Return to Me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts.
— Malachi 3:7
✝️ REMEMBER OUR ATONEMENT
The Days of Awe lead toward Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
For Christians, this should immediately point our hearts to Jesus. We don't have to earn forgiveness through our own works. Jesus is our atonement. His sacrifice made the way for us to be reconciled to God.
But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
— Romans 5:8
👑 REMEMBER WHO IS KING
The sound of the shofar also reminds us of God's kingship. He is not simply part of our lives. He is Lord.
So as we move through these days, perhaps the question isn't simply, what do I want to change this year, but...
God, what do YOU want to change in me?
📯 Let the trumpet wake us up.
Wake us up from complacency.
Wake us up from compromise.
Wake us up from spiritual distraction.
Wake us up to repentance.
Wake us up to holiness.
Wake us up to the presence of God.
And above all
Wake us up to the hope that Jesus is coming again.
Behold, I am coming soon.
— Revelation 22:12
Live awake.
Live ready.
Live surrendered.
Live like the King is coming.
🕊️ Come, Lord Jesus.