Condition: Insomnia

Psalm 127:2 says that God gives His beloved sleep.

Proverbs 3:21-24 says that your sleep will be sweet if you keep sound wisdom and discretion.

Ecclesiastes 5:12 says that the sleep of a laboring man is sweet.  The rich who are consumed with their wealth, by contrast, do not sleep well.  To sleep well, make sure you’re working (if you aren’t retired) and don’t be consumed with worry about money, which Jesus forbade in Matthew 6:25-34.

If you want to worry, forget about sleeping.  If you want to sleep, forget about worrying.  Worry is a sin.  Repent of it and you’ll sleep better.  Cast your care on the Lord, because he cares for you (1 Peter 5:7).  If you fail to do this, “claiming” these other sleep Scriptures will not work.

If God could cause Adam (Genesis 2:21), Abraham (Genesis 15:12), Saul’s entire army (1 Samuel 26:12) and Daniel (Daniel 8:18, Daniel 10:9) to fall into a deep sleep, and cause Jeremiah to have sweet sleep (Jeremiah 31:26), surely He is able to make you sleep well.

It was Satan, not God, responsible for making Job “toss to and fro unto the dawning of the day” (Job 7:4), for causing wearisome nights and scaring him with dreams, terrifying him with visions while he slept (Job 7:14), and causing pain in his bones at night (Job 30:17).  You have authority over Satan and his works.

Whoever said that counting sheep is a good way to get to sleep has never pastored a small church!  Rather than counting sheep, count yourself as one of God’s sheep and count on God to help you sleep!