Weekly Devotional 

To Sleep or Not to Sleep that is the Question 

(Jen Brown 2-6-26)

 

Sleep. Do you get enough?  I certainly don’t, but the Bible talks a lot about sleep. Psalm 4:8 says “I will both lie down in peace and sleep for the Lord sustains me.” Psalm 127:2 says “it is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.”  Jesus slept, he even slept in a boat in the middle of the storm. 

 

But the Bible also talks about sleeping too much as well. Proverbs 6:10 & 11 says, “Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.” In Matthew 13:24-33, Jesus taught a parable about a man who sowed seeds then “while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.”  Then there was the parable of the virgins who didn’t have enough oil and fell asleep waiting for the Bridegroom.

 

The Bible does in fact say a lot about sleeping but from these verses we can see that God gives us physical rest and peace. We should not stay up late worrying or fretting. We should get physical rest for our bodies. 

 

At the same time we should be careful not to become lazy or lax in our physical or spiritual lives. Too much sleep can make us lazy physically. The same is true for our spiritual lives.  We can become spiritually lazy by not focusing on the Word and prayer. Life can pull us away from the spiritual rest that we find in Christ.

 

So the next time you are exhausted be sure to get some rest, but not before you spend time with the Lord!

 

Have a wonderful week!

Jen Brown