May 7, 2020

Nowadays, it’s easy to lose sleep and it is exhausting.  With the worries of broken communities, pain and suffering, the weight of the world finds an extension into our own lives. Currently, we have a deadly virus, or so we are told; we can’t go to work or school, we must stay safely locked away in our homes. How safe are we? We are told that if we do this or don’t do that it will be a catastrophe.  And so, we run around not knowing where we are going or what we are doing precisely.  We are living in what may very well be the last days, an incredible time, God is giving a last call, possibly one more change for a revival. And what are we as His children doing? How are we any different than everyone else?  Are we losing just as much sleep as the next person, are we busted as stressed out just as everyone else? 

Every oppressed heart —love, time, money, tears, depression—let me give you the reassurance– God loves and cares for each one of His children. We should be wise with our decisions and listen to the best advice we can get but after that leave it in the hands of God.  In His mercy we must tear down walls even if they were built with good intention. Unless the Lord is in your plan your plan is all in vain.  God must be the foundation of any and all decisions. It is He that watches over our country, state, city and every home.  If you are missing out on sleep because of stress and anxiety, then let me tell you my children that there is hope. This hope can be found and assessed not through mortal hands but with the beams of the Cross. For we know that God gives refuge and sleep to those He loves, and we know that as one of His children He loves you.  So, sleep is there waiting for you, it’s a promise to claim.  If you have not had a good night sleep in a while, then tonight I challenge you to turn to this verse and know that a good night sleep comes from the Lord.

“Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain. In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat— for he grants sleep to those he loves.” Psalms 127:1-2 NIV