“It is vain for you to…sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.”~ Psa. 127:2
I find in my own life that the temptation to worry is more common during the nighttime than daytime. I think this is so because Satan, our insomnia instigator, knows this is the time one is more apt to be alone and left to our own thoughts. At such times our minds can become the devil’s playground, if we are not careful!
Most certainly there are other causes for wide-awake, wide-opened eyes at night. Both physical and physiological problems can produce this agony, but I speak here concerning the spiritual element alone.
Does it seem to you, as to me, that the great enemy of our souls takes all the previous day's worries along with those we are manufacturing for the next, stacks them together, then multiplies them 100 times over? Such bombarded saints are prone to utter those words found in scripture “..at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart…”
“Is there any Word from the Lord,” about such situations? There is one Bible illustration I like that relates to what we’re discussing. In Acts chapter twelve we have the account of Herod putting James in prison, then beheading him. When he saw that this pleased the people, he imprisoned Peter, evidently planning the same fate for him. That night Peter slept, lying between two soldiers, chained to both, with keepers on guard at the door.
How could one sleep at such a time? Well, I personally believe he rested on the promises of God. Jesus, in John, told Peter how he would die. One of the things was that he would be old—and he was not, at this time.
My dear godly daughter, Leah Beth, sent me a plaque for Father’s Day. I read it each night before pillowing my head. It says it all!
I love this. Thank you...
Wonderful, Dad. Thank you.