Give it to God & go to sleep

Have you ever heard the saying, “Give it to God and go to sleep?” I mean, I think we all have at one time here or there. Or maybe someone gave you that advice when you told them you couldn’t sleep because you had too much on your mind. As we have the stresses of life, thinking about jobs, kids, or maybe how you’re even going to get through tomorrow, the last thing you may think is helpful is just giving it to God. I mean that can’t be that easy. Trust me, I have even been there. 

I have always been one to pray and speak to God at night. It’s just been the time that I felt was best to pray. I would then find myself falling asleep every time I was praying. I thought, well, how will God get what I need for him to take from me if I keep falling asleep? He is never going to hear or know what it is. 

As time passed, I would almost feel guilty for falling asleep while I prayed. I mean, I am told to give God my attention, and he will help me. It took me coming back to that saying. Yep, the one that seems to sound the easiest. “Give it to God and go to sleep,” and I thought, wait a minute. I would be stressed out and thinking of so many things before bed, but as soon as I prayed, I would fall asleep.  This was God telling me, I got this, I already know what you are stressed out about, and there is no need. I already know what you need. 

I truly understood from that point on, that giving it to God was all I needed to do. And when you do that, it can be the best sleeping pill you’ve ever had. God already knows even before we say it. He just wants us to come to him first, and let him handle it. When we put our full trust in God to do so, we do such amazing things in life, like sleep!