Thankfully God gives me rest because I need it. But He doesn’t.

That’s right. God doesn’t need to rest, because He’s God. He’s not off taking a nap. He doesn’t pull shifts. He’s always on.

“He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber, Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.” Psalm 121:3-4 ESV

        original Hebrew meanings:

    – “Slumber” = drowsiness

    – “Sleep” = to be slack or languid, to grow old, stale, or inveterate

“Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.” (Isaiah 40:28 ESV)

      original Hebrew meaning:

    – “weary” = to be exhausted, to tire, to toil

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What does this mean for us?

If He’s not sleeping or exhausted, then He:

• always hear us
• always sees us
• always protects us

But what if it feels like God is off napping? What if it feels like He’s not with me?

Psalm 44 relays the cries of God’s people crying out for help in time of trouble: “Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever!” (Psalm 44:23 ESV).

But the verses above tell us that although we may not think God’s being active, He is. Because He doesn’t sleep. Because He doesn’t grow weary. Because He’s God, and we’re not. It’s goes back to God’s timing, not ours. “But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance (2 Peter 3:8-9 ESV).