Spiritual Zombies

​Ever feel like a Zombie? Alive but dead?  Or is it dead but alive? Either way, you are alive but not really living. You know, Zombie like.
The popular, long running, science fiction television thriller “The Walking Dead” is about Zombies…. living, dead beings who feast on human flesh. I have not watched the show because the creepy commercials are enough to totally freak me out! I have asked myself what kind of a warped mind envisioned a program like this? Maybe a Zombie!
My topic today is about being a Zombie spiritually. There are two categories of “The Walking Dead” in real life

1. Non-believers in Christ. Lost souls. Men and women, boys and girls, alive in the flesh but dead in their spirit.  Peer into empty eyes of the walking dead. Study their blank, sad, hopeless countenances. Observe their bounce-less strides. Listen carefully to their depressing, cynical, despairing words. Soul-dead men and women, spiritual Zombies, surround you and me every single day.
   
2. Believers in Christ. Sadly, the walking dead includes some Christians. They dutifully sit in church services, often forcing fake smiles, hoping others will think that they are spiritual giants, holy saints, mature Christians who have their act together. But unfortunately, even though they profess Christ, their actual lifestyle suggests their residence is a lifeless tomb in the cemetery. Daily faith is dead. Numb. Indifferent, Calloused. Unmoved. Disinterested. Dispassionate for the things of God.  Spiritual Zombies.

You Might Be A Spiritual Zombie If…….

• You have not been born-again into the Kingdom of God by receiving Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. You are physically alive, but your soul is dead. You are lost spiritually.  
• As a believer in Christ, your passion and zeal for the Lord and being His witness is lukewarm to cold. You claim to be alive in Christ, but you speak and act like the world that has lost its way. Your professed faith has little or no significant impact on the people in your life.
• You neglect personal Bible study, prayer, regular worship, and fellowship with positive, victorious believers who encourage you in the faith. You isolate yourself from the body of Christ. You are a spiritual loner, hiding out under cover of your shallow commitment to Christ. As a believer in name only, you are not active in the faith game.

• You are joyless. Peace of mind and heart eludes you. You walk around like a sour puss, looking like you were baptized in lemon juice. No wonder people avoid you.
• You have thrown in the towel on the vision and dreams the Lord has given you. You have settled for nightmares instead of dreaming new dreams for God.  
• You are in grave danger of becoming a spiritual Zombie if you have left your first love. (Revelation 2:1-7). If Jesus is not the most important person in your daily life, you are losing your way and heading for the spiritual boneyard

So how can you and I as Christians stay out of spiritual Zombie land? Paul has a specific word for us in Ephesians 5:14-16.
“For this reason it says, “Awake sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.” Therefore, be careful how you walk, not as unwise men, but as wise, redeeming, making the most of your time, because the days are evil.”
Here is what Paul is saying to you and me.
 Wake up spiritually. Stop sleep-walking  through life. Arise from the dead. Get up from the grave. Come alive in Christ.  Get going. Let His light shine on you to  scatter the spiritual darkness you have dwelt in
Pay attention to life around you. The days are evil. Times are dark. Spiritual Zombies need God’s people to show them His love. Watch how you walk. Be wise, not unwise. Make the most of every day. Our time is limited. Time has a way of slipping away if we are not vigilant.  Redeem, buy back, purchase back the days when you walked as a spiritual Zombie.
Walk in God’s wisdom. Be His victorious, life-filled witness. Share your faith in the power of the Holy Spirit during these last days. Stop sleeping at the witnessing wheel. Dump the doldrums. Defeat depression. Beat back burnout. Sack the thumb sucking. Burn your pity-poor-me blankie. Bury your bitterness. Reject resentment. Cease coddling cynicism. Die to dead dreams. Come alive to new ones!
You and I cannot redeem the time if we are dead like a Zombie. Rekindle your spiritual fire. Be inspired. Seek a fresh anointing. Dream again. Witness again. Influence people for the Kingdom of God again.
I love what Oswald Chambers said in My Utmost For His Highest. “When the inspiration of God comes, and He says, “Arise from the dead” we have to get up. God does not lift us up. Our Lord said to the man with the withered hand “Stretch forth thy hand” and as soon as the man did so, his hand was healed, but he had to take the initiative. If we will do the overcoming, we shall find we are inspired of God because He gives life immediately.”
Jesus did not die on the cross, rise from the dead, ascend to heaven, and promise to return take spiritual Zombies to heaven!
Is the Holy Spirit calling to you to arise from the dead today?
“And this do; knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed.” Romans 13:11
A Word For Your Week:  Being a spiritual Zombie is not scriptural.