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- Sleep serves as a daily reminder of our dependence on God. Just as God worked while Adam was asleep, producing good without Adam's involvement, so too does God work in our lives when we rest.
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Sleep is a daily reminder from God that we are not God. “He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep” (Psalm 121:4). But Israel will. For we are not God. Once a day God sends us to bed like patients with a sickness. The sickness is a chronic tendency to think we are in control and that our work is indispensable.
Sleep serves as a daily reminder of our dependence on God. Just as God worked while Adam was asleep, producing good without Adam's involvement, so too does God work in our lives when we rest. When we sleep, we allow our bodies to heal, re-energize, and prepare for the good works God has planned for us. However, like all good things, sleep can ...
Mar 6, 2017 · Perhaps God has designed sleep within the framework of humanity to be a daily reminder of our dependence upon God. From the beginning, the Bible teaches us that human life was produced when man was sleeping.
- The Sleep of Physical Rest
- The Sleep of Slothfulness
- The Sleep of Unpreparedness
- The Sleep of Death
- Conclusion
Sleep is good when it is used for its proper purpose – not for slothfulness [next point], but for us to be productive in carrying out the works God has given us to do. A lack of sleep is not pleasant, good, or desirable. Paul listed his “sleepless nights” as one of the burdens he faced in his work as an apostle (2 Corinthians 11:27). It is importan...
The sluggard sleeps as well as the working man, but it is a different type of sleep. As we noticed in the previous point, the working man sleeps in order to help him continue to be productive in carrying out his responsibilities. The sluggard’s “laziness casts [him]into a deep sleep” by which he avoids fulfilling his obligations. The wise man warne...
This is not literal sleep like the first two points. Instead, this is the state of being oblivious to the dangers that threaten us. This was the condition of the church in Sardis in the passage above. They needed to “wake up” and if they did not, they would face the Lord’s judgment. This could apply to many areas of life, but here we will focus on ...
Death is often described in the Bible as “sleep” (1 Thessalonians 4:13-14; John 11:11-14). This emphasizes the temporary nature of it. This is why the Hebrew writer said, “It is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment” (Hebrews 9:27). Even after death, we will stand before the Lord in judgment (Revelation 20:11-13). This appoint...
God designed us to sleep. We need to use it for good and not abuse it. Yet it is also an illustration to encourage us to be prepared for what comes after this life. Because death is temporary, we must be ready for what comes next. Paul wrote, “For this reason it says, ‘Awake, sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.’ Therefor...
May 29, 2019 · Sleep reminds us that one day we will fully enter the rest that God will provide. Obedience is a key way we strive to enter that rest (see Heb. 4:9-11). Jim Berg’s article, “ Basics for Pressured Believers: Looking at Pressure Biblically ,” [1] is a tremendous resource for this step.
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Dec 11, 2023 · The main truth that exposes this fact is our sleep. As John Piper attests, “Sleep is a daily reminder from God that we are not God.” [1] As humans, we need sleep and God does not (Psalm 121:4). God can also force us to go to sleep immediately, without delay, and we cannot force God to do anything.
Jul 8, 2024 · From a spiritual perspective, sleep is a reminder to rest in God’s sovereignty. Psalm 127:2 (NIV) says, “In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat—for He grants sleep to those He loves.”
