This week, I am sharing a post I wrote almost 2 years ago. Due to the fact that it has been another draining week/weekend, I felt drawn to read some older posts. This one, in particular, drew me in. It seems like so much in my life recently has been put on hold and God has been revealing to me that I need to just step back, watch, and pray. To see the original post, go HERE . In our day, the term " watch " has lost much of its original power. Is there anything more passive than watching television? We live in a spectator nation. We watch movies, news, the markets, and sporting events. Watching has become an activity that puts us on the sidelines and not on the field of battle, an idea foreign to the original meaning of the word. At the time of the King James translators, "watch" emphasized the  carefulness, attention, and vigilance  in the way a soldier kept alert for any sign of enemy movement. Many Bible verses raise the flag of being watchful, a