For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Hebrews 13:5
Everyone has done it—gone to bed with the weight of the world on our shoulders over a sin committed during the day. It’s certainly destined to be a long night if we didn’t settle accounts with God and others quickly (Ephesians 4:26). But even if we confessed our sin to God (1 John 1:9) and received His forgiveness, there is the discouragement factor. No one likes to disappoint a good friend, especially that Good Friend. How could we have been so (arrogant, foolish, disobedient)? How can we face the Lord Jesus in the morning after failing to be loyal to Him today? Feeling like Peter on the night of his three betrayals of Christ (Matthew 26), we toss and turn through a fitful night with minimal sleep.
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Our rest is often subject to thoughts, actions, and events that come into our lives and our reactions to them. Many times our reactions are not in line with God’s Word. Grace, mercy, love, hope, trust, faith, reliance, patience, etc…. are all forgotten and we are consumed with the opposite. While laying our head on our pillow and as our mind starts to calm down, the whispers of the Holy Spirit begin to find their way into our minds.
Our thoughts and actions playback and the Word of God, through the Holy Spirit, convicts our hearts. There will be no release from this conviction without repentance. The fact that God loves you so much that He wants to be your Heavenly Father and wants to be in communion with you is proven by the Holy Spirit convictions of your heart.
Confess and repent of what you have been convicted of. Choose to trust, rest, and rely on God’s forgiveness and sleep in this holy peace.
