There are a lot of reasons why people cannot or do not sleep well at night. Experts tell us that we need at least 7-8 hours of sound sleep every night. It takes that much to keep us healthy, they say.
The last few nights I’ve had trouble sleeping. No, there’s nothing really worrying me or weighing heavily on my mind. It’s actually the opposite.
For years my philosophy of life and ministry has been based on this: “find out where God is at work and join Him in His work.” That philosophy takes away the pressure and stress of having to create stuff to do for God.
Have you ever tried doing that? Totally?
It isn’t difficult to see God at work all around us. Jesus said things about planting seeds and how the harvest is plentiful and how we’ll always have the poor (materially and spiritually) with us always. Opportunities to join God where He is already at work abound.
Jesus also taught us about the value of the ONE, as in leaving the 99 and going in search of the ONE. That has always been my dream in ministry but the church as an organization actually frowns on that and makes it difficult to do. Now that my role has changed to a half-time role with the church, I’m having more time to pursue that dream.
It’s hard to sleep when you’re living a dream!
I am really glad that you are now doing the “one”. It is really a shame that churches don’t see the value of this and are more interested in staying in the box where it is safe. The organized church has become like closed hands and the hands need to be opened to accept all no matter how different they are from us. The church needs to be intentional.