睡眠的礼物 – yeguangming微平台

《祂的话》
主的话

我躺下睡觉，我醒着，耶和华都保佑我。虽有成万的百姓来周围攻击我，我也不怕。

诗篇第三篇 5-6 节

我必安然躺下睡觉，因为独有你耶和华使我安然居住。

诗篇第四篇 8 节

…… 惟有耶和华所亲爱的，必叫他安然睡觉。

诗篇第一百二十七篇 2 节下

上述经文展示了一个极美的启示，让我们看到睡眠是神给祂所爱的人的一个宝贵礼物。大卫面临巨大的压力，四面受敌，甚至他的生命也直接受到威胁。他说：“有成万的百姓来周围攻击我”。但在这一切惊涛骇浪之中，大卫知道他有一个蒙福的睡眠，一个不被打扰，满了平安与神同在的睡眠。

平安的睡眠有两个原因：一是由于“耶和华都保佑我”，二是由于“独有你耶和华使我安然居住”。大卫的安全与平安完全仰赖主 ---- 不是靠环境，物质的供应，也不是靠属血气的，易变的应许，而是倚靠着永在的，永不改变的，从神而来每句话语的应许。

每一个夜阑人静的夜晚，大卫在主面前倾心吐意。他在主同在的确据中安然躺卧。大卫知道，他的灵魂在主的里面得蒙保守，大有平安。没有焦虑没有惧怕，没有无眠的折磨与痛苦，每个清晨他在神的祝福中睁开双眼，迎接又一个崭新的黎明。

今日社会中有很多人没有这样蒙福的确据。一旦夜幕降临，他们就满了各样的紧张，惧怕和困惑。白日的忧愁和挂虑伴随着他们，侵蚀着漫漫长夜。如果你也是这样，那么向大卫学习吧，学习认识主耶稣，你安全与平安全然并独一的保障。用单纯的信心来接受祂这份爱的礼物 ----- 无扰的，平安的睡眠的礼物。天赐安眠。

信心的回应祷告：

主耶稣，我相信祢爱我，祢也给了我睡眠的礼物，那蒙福的睡眠。

The Gift of Sleep
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I lie down and sleep;
I wake again, because the LORD sustains me.
I will not fear the tens of thousands
drawn up against me on every side. Psalm 3:5–6

I will lie down and sleep in peace,
for you alone, O LORD,
make me dwell in safety. Psalm 4:8

He grants sleep to those he loves. Psalm 127:2

One of the beautiful revelations of Scripture is that sleep is a gift of God for those He loves. David
found himself under tremendous pressures, surrounded by enemies on every side, his very life
threatened. He speaks of “tens of thousands drawn up against me on every side.” Yet in the midst of
it all he knows the blessedness of untroubled, restful sleep.

He gives two reasons: “Because the LORD sustains me” and again, “For you alone, O LORD,
make me dwell in safety.” His security depended solely on the Lord—not on circumstances, or on
material provisions, or on the fragile promises of men, but on the eternal, unchanging promises of
God’s Word.

Each night he committed himself to the Lord. He lay down in confidence in the Lord. He knew
that his soul was safe in the Lord’s keeping. He could sleep and he could awake without anxiety,
without fear, without the torment of sleeplessness.

There are many today who do not have this blessed assurance. When nighttime comes, they are
distressed, perplexed, fearful. The worries and cares of the day follow them into the night. If you are
one of these, take a lesson from David. Recognize in God Himself your all-sufficient source of
security and peace. Then accept by simple faith His love gift of sleep.

Faith’s Response
Lord, I believe that You love me and that You have for me, too, your blessed gift of sleep.