During the Night
"One night as I lay in bed, I yearned deeply for my lover, but he did not come." (Song of Songs 3:1)
The Lord created the day for work and the night for rest. To give light during the work hours, He created the sun. To provide a dim lighting during the night, He created the moon. The day as well as night is a blessing to us.
However, the devil chose the night time for himself. He calls himself, "Prince of Darkness". Only during nights, thieves go around stealing. Wild beasts pry in the darkness. We read of "terrors of the night and the plague that stalks in darkness" in Psalm 91:5,6. If God be by your side, the fear of such things will never ovrecome you. "The sun will not hurt you by day, nor the moon at night" (Psalm 121:6). "Through each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me, and through each night I sing his songs, praying to God who gives me life" (Psalm 42:8). "When my nights were filled with joyful songs. I search my soul and think about the difference now" (Psalm 77:6).
Many people dread the night hours. The devil brings nightmares during sleep time. Due to this, some people even get anxious and their blood pressure rises. During the night times, those who practice witchcraft call out to evil spirits. They do sorceries. But the Lord covers you under His mighty wings during the nights. "When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him" (Isaiah 59:19).
You may sleep during the nights; but the Keeper of Israel neither sleeps nor slumbers. "And the Holy Spirit helps us in our distress. For we don’t even know what we should pray for, nor how we should pray. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words" (Romans 8:26).
When Paul and Silas were imprisoned, they prayed and sang praises to God at midnight. The guards of the prison listneed to them (Acts 16:25). Due to that, the glorious presence of the Lord descended in the prison. The chains that bound them were released and the doors of the prison cells opened up. At the end, it enabled them for the jailor to be saved and baptized.
Dear children of God, the Lord Jesus Christ went up to the Mount of Olives and prayed there all through the night. Before you go to bed, if you praise the Lord and sing praises, your sleep would be sweet. You shall see heavenly visions. And the Lord shall reveal many things concerning the future.
Remember:
"Oh, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, you who serve as night watchmen in the house of the Lord." (Psalm 134:1)
