March 25
Charles Spurgeon · Faith's Checkbook
REFRESHING SLEEP
"When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie
down, and thy sleep shall be sweet" Prov. 3:24
Is the reader likely to be confined for a while to the bed by sickness?
Let him go upstairs without distress with this promise upon his heart
-- "When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid."
When we go to bed at night, let this word smooth our pillow. We cannot
guard ourselves in sleep, but the Lord will keep us through the night.
Those who lie down under the protection of the Lord are as secure as
kings and queens in their palaces, and a great deal more so. If with
our lying down there is a laying down of all cares and ambitions, we
shall get refreshment out of our beds such as the anxious and covetous
never find in theirs. Ill dreams shall be banished, or even if they
come, we shall wipe out the impression of them, knowing that they are
only dreams.
If we sleep thus we shall do well. How sweetly Peter slept when even
the angel's light did not wake him, and he needed a hard jog in the
side to wake him up. And yet he was sentenced to die on the morrow.
Thus have martyrs slept before their burning. "So he giveth his beloved
sleep."
To have sweet sleep we must have sweet lives, sweet tempers, sweet
meditations, and sweet love.