How many times have you wanted/needed a word from the Lord and opened your bible and received just that. A word from the Lord that carried you through another day, another hour, another minute! Those times are too many for me to even tell. However, not too long ago I was having a very restless night (thank you Grandma for this “disease”). I tossed and turned. I had gotten up several times. I wandered around the house for a while. I went back to bed, only to toss and turn and get up again. This time I went and tried to sleep in the guest bedroom so as not to disturb Nathan, who was sleeping so soundly. UGH! I slept soundly for hours only to wake up, look at the clock and realize it had been about 25 minutes. So, up again! Downstairs again. I had already prayed, so if you’re wondering if the Lord was trying to get me to pray, I had already prayed. Believe you, me! So, now I reached for the Bible to see if He wanted to speak to me through the word. I opened it up to begin looking for scripture that would possibly be that “special” word, straight from God and read; “And to you who are troubled, REST with us,” Well, I sure did like that part. But then it went on to say, “when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels.” Okay! I immediately began praying, Lord Jesus come quickly! If You are trying to tell me that I’m not going to receive any rest until you come, the please come NOW!
I know many of you have had something like this happen. It is just comical to me. I believe the Lord must have a sense of humor and probably had me open my Bible right to that verse for me to read that night. I got really tickled and I just imagine HE was laughing at me too.
The Lord didn’t come back that night to give me rest, so now I just pray for a few hours of sleep each night when I go to bed. Lord help! Do I dare ask for “A WORD”?
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