Why Can’t We Sleep Like JESUS? Struggling to Sleep? John Giftah | Biblical Teaching

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0:47 Speaker 2: I just want to ask you this question today. Are

0:49 Speaker 2: you in a place in your life where you're struggling

0:51 Speaker 2: to get good sleep. You're saying, John, I go to bed,

0:54 Speaker 2: but I'm spending hours just rolling on the bed. I'm

0:57 Speaker 2: not able to sleep well. The Bible is very clear.

1:00 Speaker 2: When you look at Psalm four, verse eight, it says,

1:03 Speaker 2: in peace, I will lie down and sleep for you alone, Lord,

1:07 Speaker 2: make me dwell in safety. Now. So it says in

1:10 Speaker 2: peace I will lie down and sleep. But some of

1:13 Speaker 2: you are saying, in peace, I lie down, but I'm

1:16 Speaker 2: just rolling on the floor, rolling on the bed. I'm

1:19 Speaker 2: just not able to get sleep. Right, You may be

1:22 Speaker 2: feeling like that, even if you see in the Book

1:25 Speaker 2: of Proverbs three verse twenty four it says when you

1:27 Speaker 2: lie down, you'll not be afraid. When you lie down,

1:30 Speaker 2: your sleep will be sweet. But in reality it's just

1:33 Speaker 2: not sweet at all. And you're like, oh my gosh, John,

1:38 Speaker 2: what is happening. What is happening? Well, I want to

1:41 Speaker 2: share an important thing with you, and I want to

1:42 Speaker 2: take this forward. Okay, when you look at the incident

1:45 Speaker 2: of Jesus coming the storm, there's a powerful revelation that

1:48 Speaker 2: has got my attention. Okay, just to give you context

1:51 Speaker 2: of this situation, right, the crossing of the lake, depending

1:55 Speaker 2: on the weather conditions, the wind, and also depending on

1:59 Speaker 2: the or the exact route that they were taking, would

2:03 Speaker 2: take them roughly an hour to up to even three hours.

2:08 Speaker 2: The journey across the lake, which was also the Sea

2:11 Speaker 2: of Galilee. All right, So when you look at that incident, yeah,

2:14 Speaker 2: I want you to just picture this, okay. So they

2:17 Speaker 2: get into the boat. Jesus is telling the disciples, let's

2:21 Speaker 2: go to the other side. So they got into the

2:23 Speaker 2: boat and started out Verse twenty three. This is from

2:26 Speaker 2: Luke chapter eight. All right, it says as they set sail,

2:30 Speaker 2: Jesus settled down for a nap. Now, just imagine on

2:33 Speaker 2: a practical scale, right, if you're imagining that this old

2:37 Speaker 2: journey would take about an hour and a half to make,

2:40 Speaker 2: maybe let's say two hours, okay, So as they set sail,

2:45 Speaker 2: Jesus settled down for a nap. Maybe the settling down

2:47 Speaker 2: could have taken ten to fifteen minutes, talking to people saying, okay, guys,

2:51 Speaker 2: I'm going to take this place. I'm going to lie

2:53 Speaker 2: down here. In one of the translations, it says that

2:57 Speaker 2: he was I think in the Book of Mark it

3:00 Speaker 2: says that he was taking a cushion and then he

3:04 Speaker 2: was sleeping. His head was on the cushion. So which

3:06 Speaker 2: means that you would have, like imagine the practicality, right,

3:09 Speaker 2: like ask someone for the cushion, and so this would

3:12 Speaker 2: have taken roughly around ten to fifteen minutes, let's say.

3:15 Speaker 2: And the Bible says, it's so powerful because I want

3:18 Speaker 2: you to understand both the translations in the Book of

3:21 Speaker 2: not just translations the two Gospels. In the Gospel according

3:25 Speaker 2: to Luke, as well as in the gospel according to Mark,

3:29 Speaker 2: it says that as they set sail and Jesus settled

3:33 Speaker 2: down for a nap, But soon a fierce storm came

3:37 Speaker 2: down on the lake. But soon a fear storm came

3:41 Speaker 2: down on the lake. This is from the Analty version

3:45 Speaker 2: in the gospel according to Luke. And when you look

3:49 Speaker 2: at the gospel according to Mark again it says that

3:52 Speaker 2: in verse thirty seven, but soon a fear storm came.

3:55 Speaker 2: So if you take that on an average, if you

3:57 Speaker 2: think that around a two hour journey, and they started out,

4:03 Speaker 2: so in about ten to fifteen minutes, Jesus was settling

4:06 Speaker 2: down for a nap. Okay. And when you see the

4:09 Speaker 2: word soon, if it said something like after some time

4:13 Speaker 2: a storm came, could mean even after one other storm

4:16 Speaker 2: could have come, Okay, But the word is very particular

4:20 Speaker 2: that soon the storm came. If it said that the

4:23 Speaker 2: storm came when they were nearing the destination, that's a

4:27 Speaker 2: different story. If the storm came, you know, in some time,

4:32 Speaker 2: it could mean maybe after forty five minutes. But when

4:35 Speaker 2: you say soon, maybe on a rough scale, in the

4:39 Speaker 2: practical point of view, it means that the storm would

4:42 Speaker 2: have come roughly around in the thirty minute mark. Okay,

4:46 Speaker 2: so just imagine this. In ten to fifteen minutes, Jesus

4:49 Speaker 2: would have got settled and he's going to lie down

4:52 Speaker 2: or you know, finding a cushion, and in about the

4:56 Speaker 2: thirty minute mark is when the storm came. Because the

5:01 Speaker 2: storm came very soon, it didn't come later, right, So,

5:04 Speaker 2: which means that in a matter of ten to fifteen minutes,

5:08 Speaker 2: Jesus got went to sleep. All right. Now, think about this.

5:13 Speaker 2: Jesus did not wake up because of the commotion when

5:17 Speaker 2: the disciples were screaming and shouting, Oh my gosh, we

5:19 Speaker 2: were in real danger. Understand, they were actually in real danger.

5:22 Speaker 2: This was not a spiritual storm. This was a real danger.

5:25 Speaker 2: I'll talk about that in another segment, but I wanted

5:28 Speaker 2: to understand it was real danger. They were in Andy's

5:31 Speaker 2: the thing. While they were in that moment, Jesus was

5:34 Speaker 2: not working up by their commotion. Jesus was not woken

5:37 Speaker 2: up by you know, by the tossing of the waves.

5:42 Speaker 2: Jesus was not woken up by you know, the wind

5:46 Speaker 2: or the noise or any of that. The disciples went

5:50 Speaker 2: and woke them up. If you look at verse thirty eight, right,

5:54 Speaker 2: it says the disciples woke them up. Dan Jesus woke up,

5:58 Speaker 2: which means that in a matter of ten to fifteen minutes,

6:02 Speaker 2: Jesus went into deep sleep. Think about this, guys, Think

6:07 Speaker 2: about this. In ten to fifteen minutes, Jesus went into

6:11 Speaker 2: deep sleep. Whereas we are struggling to get sleep after

6:16 Speaker 2: rolling on the bed for one to do us, where

6:20 Speaker 2: is the problem? Think about this. Jesus operated in the

6:24 Speaker 2: balance of good sleep. He was having that sleep as

6:30 Speaker 2: a you know, like a sweet sleep. The Bible is saying,

6:33 Speaker 2: even if you see one more words, right, I really

6:37 Speaker 2: love that, just give me a second. I think it's

6:40 Speaker 2: found in Psalms seven, verse two it says that you know,

6:46 Speaker 2: he gives his beloveds sleep. Okay, In one of the translations,

6:51 Speaker 2: it's like sleep is like a gift for the beloved.

6:54 Speaker 2: So sleep is supposed to be a gift. Sleep is

6:58 Speaker 2: supposed to be a part of are routine in a

7:01 Speaker 2: proper balanced way, so that we can function more productively.

7:05 Speaker 2: But here's the problem. We struggle to sleep. Whereas Jesus

7:09 Speaker 2: was able to go into deep sleep in just ten

7:12 Speaker 2: to fifteen minutes. How I wanted to think about this.

7:16 Speaker 2: Number one, if you're struggling with sleep. Number one, I

7:22 Speaker 2: wanted to look at are you actually mentally at rest

7:27 Speaker 2: when you go to sleep or are you carrying something

7:31 Speaker 2: with you when you go to sleep, because a lot

7:32 Speaker 2: of times we are thinking we are taking rest, but

7:35 Speaker 2: we are taking rest physically, but mentally we are not

7:38 Speaker 2: taking rest. We're still thinking about what should I do tomorrow?

7:41 Speaker 2: What should I do about this situation. We are worried,

7:43 Speaker 2: we are anxious. That's why the Bible says, stop worrying

7:46 Speaker 2: about anything and start praying about everything. That's why the

7:52 Speaker 2: Bible says over and over and over again that you

7:55 Speaker 2: need to stop being anxious, do not be anxious, do

7:57 Speaker 2: not worry. But we need to cast cares on the Lord.

8:02 Speaker 2: Why because the Bible is clear that we need to

8:04 Speaker 2: get to that place where we're saying, Lord Lord, I

8:09 Speaker 2: don't want to carry this. I want to be free

8:11 Speaker 2: mentally when I go to sleep. I want to pray

8:14 Speaker 2: and release this over you. Guys that if you're struggling

8:16 Speaker 2: with sleep because you're worried, I pray that today will

8:19 Speaker 2: be a prey through day, that you will experience freedom

8:23 Speaker 2: from the Lord, that you will be able to let

8:25 Speaker 2: go of every worry, every concern, and trust in the Lord,

8:29 Speaker 2: and be free mentally when you go to sleep. Be

8:33 Speaker 2: free mentally when you go to sleep. And the second

8:36 Speaker 2: thing is a lifestyle choice. And I think this is

8:40 Speaker 2: a big problem for a lot of us, including myself.

8:42 Speaker 2: You know, the gadget, the phone, especially when you talk

8:45 Speaker 2: about the blue screen on the phone or the gadget.

8:48 Speaker 2: We are seeing people who are doom scrawling over and

8:52 Speaker 2: over like or getting into social media one re left

8:56 Speaker 2: and another, or binge watching shows after shows or episodes,

9:00 Speaker 2: have the episodes, or I know people who can't go

9:03 Speaker 2: to bed without watching at least one movie every day.

9:07 Speaker 2: I mean, see, there's nothing wrong in watching something good

9:09 Speaker 2: once in a while, But what I'm saying is if

9:12 Speaker 2: that is affecting the balance and rhythm of your life,

9:15 Speaker 2: you need to be cautious. If you're not getting sleep

9:17 Speaker 2: because you're watching Netflix still three am, it's not a

9:21 Speaker 2: God problem. It's a you problem. If you are not

9:24 Speaker 2: getting sleep because you're always you know, filling your mind

9:29 Speaker 2: with you know, thoughts and worries and concerns, it's not

9:33 Speaker 2: a God problem. It's not you know, a societal problem

9:38 Speaker 2: or circumstantial problem. It is a you problem. So today

9:43 Speaker 2: I really challenge you to introspect. Are there areas where

9:47 Speaker 2: you need to make a change in your lifestyle. Maybe

9:52 Speaker 2: you need to make this change, like you know what,

9:55 Speaker 2: I'm going to keep my phone away from me when

9:57 Speaker 2: I go to bed. I'm not going to keep checking

9:59 Speaker 2: my phone for the next one hour two hours because

10:03 Speaker 2: once the blue scleen affects your mind, you will not

10:05 Speaker 2: be able to sleep immediately. Or I'm not going to

10:09 Speaker 2: keep you know, thinking about this problem. That problem may

10:12 Speaker 2: be work, business, ministry, or oh I need to get

10:15 Speaker 2: better results on social media. If you keep thinking about it,

10:18 Speaker 2: You're not going to go to sleep. So I want

10:21 Speaker 2: to pray that you will be in a place of

10:24 Speaker 2: mental peace and mental rest when you go to bed.

10:27 Speaker 2: And secondly, you will make the right lifestyle changes. Maybe

10:32 Speaker 2: some of you need to start eating early dinner so

10:36 Speaker 2: that you won't you eat late and then watch something

10:41 Speaker 2: and then it goes on and the time just passes

10:44 Speaker 2: and you just lost everything, lost track of time. But

10:47 Speaker 2: today my challenge is very simple, that you will make

10:50 Speaker 2: the right choices in your lifestyle so that you will

10:54 Speaker 2: have a healthy, balanced life, so that through that process,

10:58 Speaker 2: not only will you be productive, but you will fulfill

11:01 Speaker 2: the purpose that God has in store for you. If

11:04 Speaker 2: this encouraged you, helped you, or made you think about

11:07 Speaker 2: certain things regarding your life, I challenge you to leave

11:10 Speaker 2: a comment share this with someone because this is such

11:13 Speaker 2: a needed message for today's generation, especially that we will

11:16 Speaker 2: make the right choices and have good, healthy lifestyle, including

11:22 Speaker 2: good sleep. Emmen, God bless you guys.

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