“On my bed I remember you;
I think of you through the watches of the night.”
Psalm 63:6
Sleepless nights are familiar to most of us—moments when silence intensifies our thoughts and restlessness shadows the heart. For David, those night hours in the wilderness became sacred space, not for worry, but for worship.
Rather than letting anxiety fill the silence, David chose to fill it with remembrance. “My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises,” says Psalm 119:148. And in Lamentations 2:19, the call is clear: “Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord.”
Spurgeon wrote, “He who learns to sleep with thoughts of God will wake with songs of praise.” What we dwell on in the night shapes the spirit we rise with in the morning.
Matthew Henry adds, “The thoughts of God in the night are the comforts of saints in solitude.” For David, those lonely desert nights were not empty—they were full of God. His thoughts became prayers, his silence became song.
Donald Coggan reminds us, “To meditate in the night hours is to let the stillness be filled not with anxiety, but with the remembrance of God’s faithfulness.” Even when we cannot sleep, we can rest—because God watches over the night.
Prayer:
Lord, in every restless hour, help me to turn my thoughts to You. Let my night meditations be filled with Your promises. Teach me to remember You in the dark, and wake with praise on my lips.Amen.
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