Sleeping in the Storm

First Presbyterian Church of Baton Rouge

For many of us, we simply try to wall off part of our minds and souls from God. We don’t speak honestly to our God. We keep very busy and avoid down time. We can even show up at worship and still keep a part of us tucked away. Our prayers are always buffered. We try to hold up “good”

parts of ourselves and keep secrets from our Lord. Like that works!

The effect on us, though, is that we become spiritual sleepwalkers. We walk through our life with the deep, heartfelt connection to God blocked. We could be enjoying sweet fellowship. But somehow we fear what God will convict us of, and so we just go to sleep.