I want to address two different things today! First let's look at Proverbs 20:13:
13 Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes and you will be satisfied with bread.
The Word of God is NOT saying that sleep is bad, just loving it so much that you don't do what you're called to do! THIS verse is directed towards lazy people who want to spend all of their time sleeping and doing nothing! Then we have this in Psalm 127:2:
2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he gives his beloved sleep. KJV
We are SUPPOSED to give our bodies the rest they need to be fit and healthy! HE blesses us with sleep AND, as we can see from the Amplified Bible, He even blesses us WHILE we sleep!
2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to take rest late, to eat the bread of [anxious] toil — for He gives [blessings] to His beloved in sleep. AMP
Refuse to get into either ditch! Be wise and led by the Spirit of God as you go about your daily life! AMEN! I want to leave you today with THIS reminder from Galatians 4:4-6, especially because it's CHRISTMAS!
4 But when the proper time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born subject to [the regulations of] the Law, 5 To purchase the freedom of (to ransom, to redeem) those who were subject to the Law, that we might be adopted and have sonship conferred upon us [and be recognized as God's sons]. 6 And because you [really] are [His] sons, God has sent the [Holy] Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, Abba (Father)! Father!
This is the very best time to LOVE people enough to TELL them the TRUTH and GIVE them a chance to make the right CHOICE! AMEN! Here is a song that is not a regular Christmas song, but shows the very BEST Gift to give! Hillsong's "Tell The World". MERRY CHRISTMAS!
