It’s a little past 3:30 AM, and I’m wide awake. Souls are on my mind! In morning prayer yesterday, I read these words, and can’t shake them, “He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame” (Proverbs 10:5). The principle here is: we shouldn’t sleep when there is so much work to be done.

It’s a little past 3:30 AM, and I’m wide awake. Souls are on my mind! In morning prayer yesterday, I read these words, and can’t shake them, “He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame” (Proverbs 10:5). The principle here is: we shouldn’t sleep when there is so much work to be done.

It’s a little past 3:30 AM, and I’m wide awake. Souls are on my mind! In morning prayer yesterday, I read these words, and can’t shake them, “He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame” (Proverbs 10:5). The principle here is: we shouldn’t sleep when there is so much work to be done.

One of my favorite Bible verses, in whichever translation you pull up, is 2 Timothy 2;2. It’s a life verse to me. It sets my purpose, is personal and profound, and is factored into all of my plans.

Imagine the Classified Section of “Heaven’s Chronicles.” One ad for employment reads something like this.

Slow down. Better still; STOP! Sometimes it’s just fitting to go into self-imposed, Spirit-imposed, or other-imposed quarantine.

Have you noticed that an oft-repeated Bible verse, during the pandemic, comes from Psalms 91? Much of the chapter ministers to us today but here I consider one main thought.

Pick up a newspaper. Tune into a radio station. Surf the Net. Dreary stories are plentiful. The economy plummets. The pandemic provokes panic. Political chaos prevails. Extortionists plunder. Catastrophes produce pressure. It is easy to be caught in despair, depression, and desperation. We live in unsettling times. However, there are a couple things to remember. God’s Word remains the same. It is forever settled. God never slumbers or sleeps (Psalms 121:4). We can put our confidence in Him and His Word.

What do Angola, Afghanistan, Bermuda, Algeria, Turkmenistan and the Gambia (among others) have in common? These are nations or territories that are unreached or minimally reached. How will we reach them? First things first. Paul said, “First of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men” (I Timothy 2:1).