Sleeeping Angel

Last night I did an "unnatural" thing for me. I fell asleep in my recliner (no, that's not unusual) with all my clothes on (nope, that's not it either), and slept there all night long (bingo!). Generally when I fall asleep in the recliner at night, my husband can wake me up and I will go to bed. Last night, I was OUT!

Now he "claims" that he tried to wake me up and get me to go to bed but I told him that I would come to bed later. The ONLY reason I know he's telling me the truth is because other people have had conversations with me while I was asleep.

Apparently, I felt comfortable and safe where I was. Much like this picture of my new grandson. He is asleep either on his daddy or his mommy with no worries, no cares, no need unmet. He feel safe and secure because he trusts his mommy and daddy to take care of him.

I can hear you saying, "That's because he has no responsibilities, no bills, no job, no children, no world falling down around him, no family problems" because I have said that before myself. But that is not the reason.

The reason babies can sleep like that while in their parents' arms is TRUST- simple, complete, unwavering trust.

"Well, I trust God to take care of me!" Do we really? Or do we sit up, wide awake, and worry about finances, jobs, school, family problems, etc. Are we like Jacob (Genesis 26) and try to work out a way to insure we will have what God has already promised us? Things like peace, met needs (not wants...needs), and even peaceful sleep.

Instead of trusting God we trust in ourselves (if you want things done right you have to do them yourself) to be able to do something to make our lives work out the way WE want them to. We don't care about God's plan or trusting Him to work out His plan in our lives.

We would rather stay up and pace, right?

God tells us in Psalms that one way to gauge whether or not you REALLY trust Him is if you can sleep as peacefully as a baby in its parents' arms. That's where we are isn't it...in God's arms?

"In peace I will both lie down and sleep, for You, Lord, alone make me dwell in safety and confident trust" (Psalms 4:8; Amplified Bible) Give it all to Him and we would all sleep better. In fact, we'd sleep like babies. We'd sleep like I slept last night without even wanting to wake up and go to my bed. I was content right there.

Next time we find ourselves pacing the floor or aimlessly watching television in the middle of the night, let's remember to use that time to take a hard look at how much we trust God. Once we get over our trust issues (I have them too), I guarantee we will all sleep like babies in the strong, safe, loving arms of our Heavenly Father.