A Good Night Sleep part 1

10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. 11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

In Creation God’s Goodness

++is on display

++is shown in all He created

There was one thing he said was not good

Genesis 2:18 KJV 1900

18 And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

Man was made

++by God

++for God

Man was created Good

Ephesians 2:10 KJV 1900

10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

We need to know who we are?

We are

++God’s Workmanship

++Created in Christ Jesus

++Designed for good works

This was God’s plan

++From the beginning

++For us to walk in the work

You were created for good

Matthew 5:16 KJV 1900

16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

How can something come from something not good?

Genesis 2:18 KJV 1900

18 And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

Ecclesiastes 3:11 KJV 1900

11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

Good things are God’s design

++The world

++All that is in it

James 1:17 KJV 1900

17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Genesis 2:21 KJV 1900

21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

All Adam needed was

A Good Night Sleep

This was both cause and affect.

++The Lord made him sleepy

++He had to choose to sleep

Don’t fight bedtime

When God gives you rest _”rest”_

Hebrews 4:1–3 KJV 1900

1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. 2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. 3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

Hebrews 4:9 KJV 1900

9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

Matthew 11:28 KJV 1900

28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

So Adam slept

God did not stop working

Genesis 2:22–24 KJV 1900

22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

God work continues

++God is merciful

++God cares for you

++God's grace is ever present

What God does when

++We are sleeping

++When we find our rest

++Brought completeness in creation

A good night sleep

++Rest

++Release

++Restoration

In a good sleep

++We are unaware

++We are disconnected

++We cease from labor

But God is still at work in our behalf

Psalm 121:3–4 KJV 1900

3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber. 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep.

Sometimes we are fully aware of God in our life, but there are other times when it seems he is far from us.

It is in this time of our unawareness that God is doing his most incredible work in an upon our life. Even while we are sleeping God is at work.

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