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For God speaks in one way,
and in two, though man does not perceive it.
In a dream, in a vision of the night,
when deep sleep falls on men,
while they slumber on their beds . . .

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Did you know God gives you counsel in the night?

Psalm 16:7 says, “I bless the Lord who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me.”

Think about that—the night is when our hearts speak, when God whispers to us in the stillness. But too often, we wake up and rush past the residue of God’s words. We grab our phones, jump onto social media, or run straight to our to-do list. And in doing so, we miss the counsel, the instruction, the heart work that happened while we were sleeping.

Psalm 17:3 says, “You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night.” God doesn’t just speak to us when we’re awake. He visits us in the night—when we’re still, when our defenses are down, when we’re open to receive what we’re too busy to hear during the day.

How we transition from our sleepful state is important. Do we give space for those night whispers to become morning light? Do we make room to sit with what God has spoken to our hearts before we dive into the noise of the day?

Psalm 17:15 offers us a different way to wake up. It says, “As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.”

Imagine that . . . waking up and being satisfied, not by what’s on the screen, not by what’s waiting for us in our inbox, but by the likeness of God. By the face of the One who visited us in the night.

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This week, when you wake up, before you reach for your phone or dive into your day, pause. Take a breath. Sit with God. Let His righteousness cover you. Let His Spirit settle you. Let His likeness fill you and clarify how you see the day.

Closing Thoughts

Here’s a prayer for you this week. I’d love for you to write these words on a piece of paper and place them beside your bed. Whatever you do, please don’t start your morning by reading them on your phone.

Father, thank You for speaking to me in the night.
Help me to carry Your whispers into my morning,
to make room for Your words before I rush into my work.
Let me wake up satisfied in Your righteousness,
anchored in Your likeness.
May Your Spirit go before me,
and may Your words guide me as I walk through today. Amen.

 

Praying with you,

Addison

 

 

 

P.S. If you’re looking for a book to read in the mornings, something that will cultivate prayerfulness, I’d strongly recommend the Words with God book. You can grab it from Amazon or the Messenger Store.