Fear No Fear

“O Lord, in the morning You will hear my voice; in the morning I will direct my prayer to You, and I will watch expectantly” (Psalm 5:3, MEV). When I inexplicably wake up in the middle of the night – 2am, 3am, 4am, etc – wide awake and God on my mind, I do not hesitate. I start praying. I don’t always know what I am praying about. But I know that when I stop praying, I will get something. I eagerly expect it. This is what I expect: silent peace. No tragedy. No crashes. No crying children. A silent house, sleeping sweetly as the Word declared over us (Proverbs 3:24). You can’t get that peace from anyone but Jesus. I KNOW that He answers prayers. He hears me because HE made me righteous IN HIM. And God hears the prayers of the righteous (Psalm 34:17). I don’t question middle of the night prayer. He has woken me to draw my attention to Him in the way that He wants. The prayers are needed. Maybe for MY benefit as much as whatever I am praying for. Often I go back to sleep, covered by that peace, and when I wake up I wait to hear. From the kids, from someone else. Sometimes I do hear. Sometimes I don’t. I don’t mind either way. Because I am eagerly expecting it to have worked out. For peace to reign over that situation. Because He cares. Because He listens. Because He wanted the situation covered by prayer. He is a good God and He does NOT leave us unattended. He doesn’t sleep. We don’t ever have to wake HIM up. He is watching over us and calling our fellow saints to lift our prayers to Him. Cooperating with Him. Aligning with Him. And all of us eagerly expecting His peace to rest on the situations and people that we have lifted up to Him. What a GREAT God He is!