--GOD IS ALWAYS AWAKE AND AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO CALL ON HIS NAME~~

---"He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep."
---(Psalm 121:4)

~~~For a man who lives by a code, so to speak, it felt like a major failure. What’d I do? Well, I fell asleep. Our kids have a curfew to meet when they’re out for the evening. They’re good kids, but my practice is to wait up until I hear their hands turn the front doorknob. I want to know they’re home safe. I don’t have to do this: I choose to. But one night I awoke to my daughter saying through a smile, “Dad, I’m safe. You should go to bed.” Despite our best intentions, sometimes fathers fall asleep at their posts. It was very humbling, and also very human.

But that never happens with God. Psalm 121 is a reassuring song about Him as guardian and protector of His children. The psalmist declares that God who watches over us “will not slumber” (v. 3). And for emphasis, he repeats that truth in verse 4: He “will neither slumber nor sleep.”

Can you even imagine? God never falls asleep at His post. He is always keeping watch over us—the sons and daughters and aunts and uncles and mothers, and even fathers. It’s not so much that He has to do this, but rather that, out of His great love, He chooses to. --

--ODB/JB

"Heavenly Father, thank You for Your constant care over our lives. We know that doesn’t mean a life absent of trouble, but rather a life held close by Your love and presence. Help us to confidently rest in the assurance that You’re always at Your post. You are our Faithful Father. Blessed be the Name of the Lord, Jehovah YHWH, Yahweh, our Covenant-keeping G-D.~~ amen"
---"Faithful Father" / Your faithfulness" / Brian Doerksen ~ / <https://youtu.be/AHgKx6mSbHA>
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