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5.22 Psalm 121.3, 4 (NIV)
He who watches
over you will not slumber . . . he . . . will neither slumber nor sleep.
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| Watch for God’s provision and testify to his care.* |
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We
need sleep. God made us that way. I can testify to the effects of not-enough-sleep
on the human body. From trying to stay awake in class after an all-nighter; to
falling asleep at the wheel and waking up in the next lane; to getting up in
the night to take care of newborn twins and waking up in my bed with no
recollection of how I got there or what I did with my babies.
God,
on the other hand, doesn’t need sleep and doesn’t do it. He is always on the
job. We never have to guess when would be a good time to get in contact with
him; we don’t have to worry that we’ll wake him. It’s always the right
time.
And
it’s a good thing that we can rest under his ever-watchful care; that we are
benefactors of his “sleepless
vigilance,”* because our enemy never sleeps either. The
only time Satan takes a break from trying to ambush us is when he knows we’re
already his. We aren’t guaranteed that we will never experience physical harm
but we can claim the promise of God’s ever-present help in our spiritual
battles.
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| As we are living out our lives on earth, the supernatural universe is simultaneously at war.* |
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