Title
Count Your Blessing Instead of Sheep
Scripture
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows, for He gives His beloved sleep.
(Psalm 127:2)
Devotional
A line of an old song goes, “When you’re worried and you can’t sleep, just count your blessings instead of sheep, and you’ll fall asleep counting your blessings.” I like that. I like the thought of knowing that my life is filled with the promise of multiple blessings. I am alive, therefore I have hope, and hope does not disappoint. Romans 5:4 says, “Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.” I have found that if I deal with negative situations in my life, I do not worry or fret about them. It is the unresolved issues of life that keep us awake at night. Therefore we must resolve them through the realms of confrontation, discipline, love and trust in the Lord. Give them to the Lord, deal with them as He directs and rest in Him.