I am a night time worrier. It just kinda happens. I wake up in the night...you know... to go potty... or cause i hear a kid come in late...and i find myself awoke...awake...awuck. In other words...i ain't going back to sleep...at least not for awhile.
And there i lay. And while i lay...my brain beings to talk to me. And my brain reminds me of scary stuff that during the light of day i would naturally pray about...but somehow in the dark of night my prayers get stuck in my throat while my brain keeps on talking.
Yep, there i lay...
getting scared-er...
getting worried-er...
getting 'we're-never-gonna-make-it-er.'
It happens all the time. Same song verse 2...then 3...then 4.
I lay there and ask myself "How many verses can this song have? And why in the world am i singing along?"
Then one night i found a cool little verse that shows me how i can turn from
'night time worrier'
into
'night time warrior."
Follow me to Song of Solomon 3:8...
All of them are wielders of the sword, Expert in war; Each man has his sword at his side, Guarding against the terrors of the night.
I told you it was cool. Way cool.
In other places in Scripture the WORD of GOD is referred to as a sword. So now let's re-read this verse with that in mind...in Kim paraphrase.
"All of those GOD girls have a sword in their hands and they know how to use them! They are experts in war because they have submitted to much training and practice! They keep their sword with them at all times, ready for battle. They have learned that this sword is their weapon to fight against the terrifying thoughts that come to do battle with them during the night." Kim Barnes Waterman
Oh, girls...our enemy knows that he has a better chance to defeat us in the dark of the night. That's when we are most tired...most vulnerable...most alone...most weak...more so than in our daylight hours.
But our GOD knows that too...and HE has given us the strategy to take to bed with us every night...before the darkness comes upon us.
It's the strategy we should keep at our bedside...ready to use...when the nighttime battle begins.
It's the MIGHTY, POWERFUL, LIVING, ACTIVE, SHARP, TWO-EDGED SWORD!...The WORD of GOD!
Remember GOD's plan is satan's nightmare.
And that defeated foe is really scared of girls with swords!
And there i lay. And while i lay...my brain beings to talk to me. And my brain reminds me of scary stuff that during the light of day i would naturally pray about...but somehow in the dark of night my prayers get stuck in my throat while my brain keeps on talking.
Yep, there i lay...
getting scared-er...
getting worried-er...
getting 'we're-never-gonna-make-it-er.'
It happens all the time. Same song verse 2...then 3...then 4.
I lay there and ask myself "How many verses can this song have? And why in the world am i singing along?"
Then one night i found a cool little verse that shows me how i can turn from
'night time worrier'
into
'night time warrior."
Follow me to Song of Solomon 3:8...
All of them are wielders of the sword, Expert in war; Each man has his sword at his side, Guarding against the terrors of the night.
I told you it was cool. Way cool.
In other places in Scripture the WORD of GOD is referred to as a sword. So now let's re-read this verse with that in mind...in Kim paraphrase.
"All of those GOD girls have a sword in their hands and they know how to use them! They are experts in war because they have submitted to much training and practice! They keep their sword with them at all times, ready for battle. They have learned that this sword is their weapon to fight against the terrifying thoughts that come to do battle with them during the night." Kim Barnes Waterman
Oh, girls...our enemy knows that he has a better chance to defeat us in the dark of the night. That's when we are most tired...most vulnerable...most alone...most weak...more so than in our daylight hours.
But our GOD knows that too...and HE has given us the strategy to take to bed with us every night...before the darkness comes upon us.
It's the strategy we should keep at our bedside...ready to use...when the nighttime battle begins.
It's the MIGHTY, POWERFUL, LIVING, ACTIVE, SHARP, TWO-EDGED SWORD!...The WORD of GOD!
Remember GOD's plan is satan's nightmare.
And that defeated foe is really scared of girls with swords!