INSOMNIA
Insomnia: “A common sleep disorder which entails difficultly falling asleep or staying asleep.”
The quest for worldly happiness in the daytime leads to restless hours of trouble at nighttime (Job 20:4-8). The wages of sin is death! All the security of the First World cannot make the soul feel safe and sound for a good night of sleep. Silk sheets cannot soothe the soul! Good food doesn’t produce good sleep! Friendly company doesn’t bring about serenity! A good day isn’t necessarily welcomed with a good night.
“And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.” - Isa. 8:22
Restless and weary sinners pay a visit to the Doctor and are immediately prescribed sleeping pills and tranquilizers. Around 61 million Americans are taking sleeping pills! They don’t want to encounter nightfall without them on hand. Some are disturbed at night by a noisy mind and racing thoughts. The constant chatter going on in their heads doesn’t stop! Only because fleshly ambitions and earthly goals are fueled by the hellish sin of covetousness (Prov. 27:20). Some people can’t sleep because they have been estranged from their lovers! Meanwhile, others lay awake in bed at night because they are stricken with a poisonous feeling of envy, jealousy, and hatred which then makes them devise mischievous plans to solve their problems on the morrow.
“the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep” – Eccl. 5:12
“for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes” – Eccl. 8:16
“For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.” - Prov. 4:16
“Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.” – Micah 2:1
“But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.” – Isa. 57:20-21
There is a resting place for sinners in the presence of God! Divine love conquers and quiets the souls of restless sinners (Matt. 11:28-30). This is how true Christians find peace to lay down and sleep without any regrets plaguing the conscience. There is a heavenly security to this serenity! There is a divine power in this peace! Needy souls are swaddled and carried by the omnipotent arms of an everlasting Father both now and forevermore.
“I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep…” – Ps. 4:8
“…He giveth His beloved sleep.” – Ps. 127:2
“When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.” - Prov. 3:24
“For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul. Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.” – Jer. 31:25-26
What about you? It is time for you to taste and see that the LORD is good. Indeed, sin will not suffer sinners to sleep! However, a real encounter with Jesus Christ will clear the skies and silence the storm. No matter how bad you feel! Remember, salvation is the miracle of miracles. A good night of sleep is one of the many benefits of this divine work upon the human soul.
