Holy Scripture, theology, and life

Sleep is important. It is the most needed moment of vulnerability in the human existence. We would die without sleep. Our bodies demand that we slip away out of consciousness about 1/3 of the day. You just lay there incapable of production, your defense handicapped, your eyes and ears not functioning. It is humbling to think that we need this. God designed it that way.

We relinquish everything at the moment we close our eyes to the One who sustains the universe by the Word of His power (Hebrew 1:3). It is an act of faith, of trusting, of resting in the sovereign goodness of God. There is a means of grace there. So may we make the most of it at night and in the morning. The psalter helps us…

In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety

(Psalm 4:8)

I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the LORD sustained me

(Psalm 3:5)