For He gives to His beloved even in his sleep.

Psalm 127:2b

Most of us view our sleep as just a part of the rest of our day, and that is actually what it is.  Our sleep is the beginning half of our day for the day begins with the night not the morning.

Have you ever wondered how important it must be that God so designed it that man should rest during the first part of his day? Would you believe that in doing so there must be something so mysteriously important as to either make or brake (in a sense) the remainder of our day? 

Now I'm not saying that if you have had a horrible night of sleep God cannot redeem that throughout the remainder of your day.

However I am saying that maybe we should take into deep consideration the magnitude of the night and the sincere importance of our sleep.

The word sleep occurs over 100 times in the bible and God began creation in the evening, so for me I am lead to believe our sleep is as vital as our awake times.

First we must trust The Lord with our sleep and not fear while upon our beds and second we should take our sleep just as important in prayer as we do the remainder of the day:)

For me, when I am awake, by the Grace of God I am alert, and aware of the kingdom movement, and not to mention my enemy who prowls around desiring to take advantage at any moments notice of my weaknesses. Therefore I can confidently say I know and I believe much, much more goes on in my sleep. Why more activity in my sleep? Well take Adam for example; the greatest thing that ever happened to him was in his sleep.... Eve!

Here is another example, God made covenant with Abraham while in his sleep, and God spoke to Joseph the mysteries of the kingdom in his sleep, He decreed the birth of the Messiah and His NAME to Joseph in his sleep. The list goes on to declare the magnitude of the activity of the night.

What's my point; first off The Lord Jesus desires us to receive amazing, regenerative, revelatory sleep and He also wants us aware of this truth. If we are having the first part or first fruit of our day either robbed from us physically, mentally or spiritually then we are losing out on some amazing kingdom benefits.

You may be saying I don't know what happens to me in my sleep, or I sleep well and have wired dreams at times but that's all.

Let me say this; each one of us have a tremendous amount of activity going on in our sleep to the point that no amount of science could ever begin to discover or comprehend. What goes on in our sleep is as vital as life itself. The reason being is simply because our sleep is where creative force is happening.

We can have 4 types of creative force going on in our sleep:

God

Soulish

Worldly

Demonic

DO NOT FEAR

I must say that now, for you were not given a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a stable mind!

We have been given the Grace of God to bring our sleep in to subjection under the promised word of God, and that promise is that our sleep will produce strength of character, wholeness, and a fearless future through the creative and anointed work of the Holy Spirit in our sleep.

I encourage you tonight and every night forever more to take five minutes before shutting your eyes to meditate on first in Whom you place your trust, and the promised word of God concerning your sleep.
I promise that you will begin to see a transformation in your life when your night is being claimed by God and God alone, for His influence on your sleep will unfold treasures that cannot be measured.

Glorious Favor and Protection on your sleep in Jesus Name