Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Sleep Well

December 18, 2007

Pr 3:24-26 - If you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet. Do not be afraid of sudden terror or of the ruin of the wicked, when it comes, for the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught.

My daughter has this verse written out and put above her bed. This verse is so poignant because when we are afraid, sleep is the first thing to go. We are either are afraid while we sleep or we can’t sleep because we are fearing something. Sleep signifies peace and rest. Fearful lives don’t sleep well. Just like yesterday’s passage, I am not afraid of bad news or sudden disaster. We are not afraid of accidents because we know that God is in control of everything. God is our confidence in good and in bad. In his goodness, we rest.

Dt 6:24-25 - The Lord commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the Lord our God, so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today. And if we are careful to obey all this law before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness.”

The fear of God leads to obedience which leads to prosperity. Though prosperity is an old testament concept, I think it still serves true for us that fearing God leads to a fearless life. The only thing we need to be careful of is to obey all the laws of the Lord our God.