A sunrise on my way to work last week
Unlike some, I have never learned to depend totally on the Lord to awaken me, especially when I need to get up for work on time. On those days, I set my alarm, with a back up!
However, God does very often awaken me during the night:
To remind me of something
To prompt me to pray for someone
To bless me with His presence
Some of you may question how I know that it is the Lord waking me and not just from something that I ate before bedtime.
The only way that I know how to explain it is that when it is God, I just know. He usually does so in the wee hours of the morning. I hear that still, small voice and feel His gentle nudge. Even if I feel tired and have to get up for work that same morning, I try to obey.
When I follow through, by either praying silently in bed or getting on my knees, God is so faithful to make sure that I still get a good night’s sleep. As soon as I feel the prayer burden lift, He very lovingly puts me back to sleep. I wake up feeling rested enough to make it through the day.
On mornings when I never do go back to sleep, it is typically because I start fretting about the day, or decide that I just want to get up to busy myself with something on my mind.
Perhaps one day I will learn to trust the Lord enough to let Him awaken me every day. I would love to throw away the alarms! In the meantime, I value knowing that He loves me enough to waken me to spend special time with Him alone.
In reality, though, the very fact that our eyes open each day is a blessing from God; this alone is reason enough to praise Him for awakening us morning by morning.
“The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of the learned,
that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary.
He awakens Me morning by morning,
He awakens My ear to hear as the learned.”
Isaiah 50:4
Do you have times when the Lord awakens you? If so, how do you respond?
Sue Nash/2014
Heavenly Raindrops 