The Call to Stay Awake
Sunday, June 6th, 2010Last time, the call came bright and early on a Saturday morning. This time, I couldn’t go to sleep.
It is very strange for me to lie in bed and not be able to sleep. I push hard enough that by the time I get to my pillow, I’m ready to use it. But there was a night last week that was different, when the plight of persecuted Christians, specifically in Iran, spoke to my heart so loudly that I just couldn’t sleep.
Perhaps that’s the way it often is - easier to hear the calling to wake up than the calling to stay awake. Bursts of energy are so much easier than sustained, focused ministry. But sometimes the calling is simply to stay awake.
So I prayed, and I wrote, and the results of the latter were published by the great folks at Assist News on Saturday. It is my hope that I will hear the results of the former in eternity.