All tagged night
Is your house quiet this morning, and are all others asleep? Can you hear every little noise as the furnace ignites and the walls and floors pop and crack while settling into their new warmth? Can you hear your spirit whispering deep within you as it calls out..."Father, Father."? When we are still, and the world is hushed, the sounds of heaven become audible to us... this is the time for intimate conversation and spiritual embraces; this is the realm of eternal prayer.
In the darkest seasons of our lives when we find ourselves wandering aimless with outstretched hands what is it that we are searching for? What are we hoping to find? Are we desperate to find something, anything, firm to hold onto, or are we following the voice and scent of God to His house where we can worship and bless Him? It is easy, and natural for us to worship our Lord when light surrounds us, and we are receiving the gifts He provides, but when night falls on us do we continue to call His name, and seek Him, or do we enter the first door that opens for us and call its owner our lord? When frightened, hungry, thirsty, lost in the darkness, and there is no relief in sight, do we continue to praise God, and call out the name of Jesus?
This morning I want to talk about praying in the night. We all experience those nights when we can’t sleep and all of our problems and fears come bubbling to the surface where our mind just can’t let them go and our spirit tosses and turns within us. Last night the Lord woke me from a deep sleep, and placed a burden on my heart for someone who will read this devotional; someone who is experiencing such a night… then He asked me to speak to them from my heart to theirs.