Does God sleep? Psalm 44:23
Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever!
Psalms 44:1 - 26
NASB - 1 O God, we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have told us The work that You did in their days, In the days of old. 2 You with Your own hand drove out the nations; Then You planted them; You afflicted the peoples, Then You spread them abroad.
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Tim Maas
Supporter
Psalm 121:4 says, "Indeed, he who watches over Israel never slumbers or sleeps." Nor does He in His divine state need such rest or refreshment. There were occasions during Jesus' earthly ministry when His physical human nature grew weary and required rest or sleep, such as Mark 4:38. But that did not also apply to God the Father, or to Jesus in His glorified state. Any seeming inaction or unawareness on God's part is grounded in His omniscience and perfect will for reasons such as making us realize ways in which we have forsaken Him; or have forgotten our dependence on Him, or His ability to make all things work together for our good (Romans 8:28) in ways that our limited human perspective does not or cannot comprehend.
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