Hello friends, welcome to In Bolden. I'm Chris Shatter, an ordinary Christian living with and learning about an extraordinary God. It's Day 23 on The In Bolden Podcast, giving 30 days of glory to God. And our verse today is Romans 1627, to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ, Amen.
And this is a good morning prayer. Thank you Lord for a good night's sleep. As I wake today, I recognize the wisdom of the gift you gave us of sleep, so that I may be recharged each day to serve you, to spread your message of love, and to give you all glory, Amen. When I woke up this morning, my first thought was of God's perfection and wisdom.
Honestly, it really was. His perfect plan for us and all the animals that roamed the earth. It wasn't an accident that there was night and day. Their first was the darkness, and then God created our alarm clock, the light.
Genesis 1, 2 through 3 explains, now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the spirit of God was hovering over the waters, and God said, Let there be light, and there was light. God's plan for us has always included a time for recharging. Haven't you ever contemplated on the fact that we have a worldwide understanding that at night, the majority of the world sleeps?
If there's anything that we have all mostly agreed to do as part of his plan is to tuck ourselves in and give it a rest. Those restless nights and worry-filled staring at the ceiling tossing and turning are not however part of his plan. He tells us over and over in his holy word to turn it over to him so we can be at peace, so we can rest, so we can sleep. Friend, we can be so thankful to God for giving us the night, for weaving into his plan a time of rest.
When you lay your head down, think on what he has given you as the light turns to dark, and when his alarm clock rises, give him all glory for another day to serve him well. Have a wonderful day. I hope you enjoyed this episode of The Enfolden Podcast. Be sure to follow along so you don't miss any episode, and check out my blog at Enfolden.net.