Date: Friday, 15th August, 2025
Text: Psalm 127:1-2
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
After a hard day’s work, the human body needs time to recuperate, re-energize, refresh and get set for the next day’s work. Even God (who neither sleeps nor slumber) rested after doing the hard work of creating the Heavens and the Earth-Genesis 2:1-3. When you have a restful night you wake up the following morning feeling strong, calm and calculated, ready to tackle the day’s challenges. The opposite is also true.
Sleep is natural and sound sleep is a gift from God. The word of God says, “He giveth his beloved sleep- Psalm 127:2c. Again, the word of God says, “The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep- Ecclesiastes 5:12.
Apart from balanced diet and regular exercise, adequate sleep is the third essential requirement of optimal health. Several life-threatening diseases are linked to lack of adequate sleep. When some people’s blood pressures are high, doctors will advise that they take more time to rest.
Some can’t sleep until they have swallowed sleeping pills. So if you find it easy to fall asleep, give thanks to God for it and don’t take it for granted.
However, just like it applies to everything in life, too much of sleep is evil as it leads to laziness and tends to poverty- Proverbs 24:33-34.
There is time for everything and God makes everything beautiful in his own time. When you do the right thing at the wrong time, it makes the right thing to become wrong. Sleep is good if it is done moderately and at the right time.
Some have lost great opportunities because they rested when they are supposed to be wide awake working. The word of God says, “He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.” Proverbs 10:5
It is dangerous when you sleep at the wrong time. A soldier sleeping at the battle front will likely not make it home alive.
Prayer Nugget: Father, I ask for the wisdom to sleep and wake up at the right time in Jesus name.
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