# Stay awake

Advent devotional for Sunday, November 29, 2026. Day 1 of 27.

> Be on guard! Stay alert! For you do not know when the time will come. ([Mark 13:33](https://www.lumin.faith/read/mark/13#33), Lumin Translation)

Advent starts with a warning, not a manger. Jesus tells his friends to stay alert, because no one knows the hour when he will come back.

That can sound like fear. Read the rest of the passage and it sounds more like a doorkeeper on a long night: someone who stays up because someone is coming home ([Mark 13:34-37](https://www.lumin.faith/read/mark/13#34-37)).

The next four weeks are practice in that kind of waiting. Christians remember how long God’s people waited for the promised Messiah, and they wait now for Jesus to come again. Today the only task is to wake up to it.

## Prayer

Lord Jesus, wake me up to what you are doing. Keep me watching for you this Advent, not out of fear, but because you are coming. Amen.

## A question to carry

What would help you stay awake to God this month?

Read the whole chapter: [Mark 13](https://www.lumin.faith/read/mark/13)

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/advent/november-29