I can't sleep, I'm afraid

God's Promise of...Sweet Sleep

Proverbs chapter 3 happens to be my most favorite chapter in the Bible, because it clearly states how to get everything you want out of life, what to do, how to do it and why.

Sleep is addressed in Proverbs 3 and that is the topic of today’s blog.  God says that we could and should have sweet sleep.

Children are often afraid to go to sleep and that is addressed in my book but we adults are also bothered by the same malady.

Now, since it is a desire of God’s for his children to sleep well, there must be a way of getting it other than from a prescription bottle.

God is always telling us not to fear as well, and so many times, lack of sleep and fear hang out together.

In Psalm 4 verse 8 the Psalmist says “I will lay down in peace and sleep, for You alone oh Lord keep me in safety” Then in Proverbs 3 verse 34 He says, “When you lie down, you will not be afraid: yes, you will lie down and your sleep will be sweet.”

How can we make this happen?

The answer to that question is “We can’t.”

Any more than we can MAKE the vitamin C do it’s thing from an orange when we eat it or a banana provide potassium to your body after it’s been eaten.

What we can do however is, EAT THE ORANGE and banana.  Purchasing Oranges and bananas and setting them on your counter in a lovely little bowl will not give your body what you need. It is a beginning and a must, you have to have the fruit to eat the fruit, but that alone will not nourish us. We do have to DO SOMETHING.  We must eat it.

Once we do, God set it up so that our bodies do the rest.

God says that His Word is food. “Oh taste and see that the Lord is good.” (Psalm 34:8)
Another reference is in Jeremiah 15:16, "Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and Thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart..."

Having a Bible sitting on our night table will not do its job just as the bowl of fruit on the counter will not.  We must eat, i.e. we must read.

Psalms 19:7 says: "The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple."

The Law of the Lord converts the soul, it makes wise the simple.

It appears that we don’t have to do anything but ingest the Word of God to make His promises manifest. Our spirits are nourished and in turn so are our bodies.

There is nothing to lose in trying it, like taking vitamins. We put it in and the body does the rest. I say we read The Bible and let it do its job on us.

Thanks for sharing in the Word of God with me.

Kathy