Sleeping on the job

We all know that we should not sleep on the job. As a matter of fact we know that if we sleep on the job that we would probably be fired from our job. Imagine how that would look on your portfolio or what you would have to say to your next employer. We would never think of sleeping on the job for fear of what our employer might do to us and the consequences it would have to those nearest to us. Yet I want to submit that most of us are guilty of sleeping on the job. Jesus in teaching his disciples on the second coming makes some interesting comparisons. He states a man goes away and leaves his servants in charge of his house. Each one is assigned a certain task and are told to be alert. They know that the owner will be back, but they do not know when he will be back. They do not know if it will be in the morning, evening, or at midnight or even when the sun rises, but they know he is coming back. Then Jesus states "If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping." Jesus came to this earth to accomplish a task, to provide access to God through His sacrificial death on the cross and His resurrection from the dead. Before He left this earth he gave a charge to His followers to do what He had been doing. He told them to make more followers of Him. The disciples passed on what they knew and what they were taught to others who passed it on to others who passed it on to still others, until it eventually reached us. We have been given an assignment, a task to perform and according to Jesus we each have an "assigned task" (Mark 13:34). I wonder if I am guilty of sleeping on the job? To be honest, if it were up to me I would of fired myself a long time ago. But I am glad that I am not the boss, because Jesus is far more merciful that I would be. He gives us second, third, fourth, and multiple chances to try again. How about you? Are you guilty of sleeping on the job? Don't beat yourself up over your sleep habits in the past, but start afresh today to change your sleep patterns. When Jesus comes I hope and pray that He will find us actively involved in the task assigned.