Tap to Snooze

[510 words] I generally use an Apple iOS device as a wake-up alarm. When the alarm sounds, text appears on the screen of my device and gives me this option: “Tap to snooze.” All I have to do is tap the screen of my nifty device and I’m right back to my comfortable, peaceful sleep for at least nine minutes more. A person’s use of the snooze button on his alarm is not the “end of the world;” however, I want us to think very seriously about the snooze button of our souls—before it is the end of the world. Whether we want to admit it or not, our lives are terminal (Hebrews 9:27). Furthermore, our time on this earth is relatively short (James 4:14). Also, the end of this earth is definite (2 Peter 3:9–10). Finally, the time at which this world will end is unknown to man (2…