Before you go to bed tonight, there’s something you need to stop carrying.

Psalm 55:22 says, “Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee.”

Some of us are physically lying in bed while our minds are still running a marathon.

We’re thinking about tomorrow. Thinking about the bills. Thinking about our family. Thinking about the conversation we had today. Thinking about everything that could go wrong.

But here’s what I’ve learned: You don’t have to solve tomorrow before you go to sleep tonight.

God is already in your tomorrow.

That problem you’ve been turning over and over in your mind? Give it to Him.

That person you’re worried about? Give them to Him.

That situation you can’t control? Give it to Him.

You have done enough for today.

“You don’t have to carry tomorrow into bed tonight. Give it to God and get some rest. While you’re sleeping, God is still God.”

Pray about it. Put it in God’s hands. And get some rest, because while you’re sleeping, God is still God, He’s got you and because He’s got you, you’ve got this.

If somebody you know needs this encouragement tonight, please feel free to share and send it along.

Have you ever wondered if God has forgotten about you?

Maybe you’ve prayed, waited, prayed some more…and nothing seems to be changing.

Isaiah 49:15 says, “Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.”

Friend, silence doesn’t mean absence.

Just because you can’t see God working doesn’t mean God isn’t working.

Think about a seed buried beneath the ground. From the surface, nothing appears to be happening. But underneath the soil, something is taking place that you cannot see.

Sometimes God works the same way in our lives.

You may be waiting on an answer.

Waiting on a door to open.

Waiting on somebody you love to come home.

Waiting on your circumstances to change.

And you’re wondering, “God, have You forgotten me?”

No.

God sees you.

God knows where you are.

God hears your prayers.

And God is working in ways you may not understand yet.

So don’t mistake God’s delay for God’s denial, and don’t mistake His silence for His absence.

Keep praying.

Keep trusting.

Keep walking.

Because the God who has carried you this far hasn’t forgotten you now.

“And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” — Genesis 1:3

Have you ever walked into a dark room and turned on the light?

The darkness doesn’t argue.

It doesn’t fight back.

It simply has to leave.

Genesis 1 begins with the earth covered in darkness. Everything was without form and void. But then something happened.

God spoke.

“And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.”

Friend, never underestimate what can happen when God speaks!

Maybe there’s an area of your life that feels dark right now.

Maybe you can’t see what’s ahead.

Maybe you don’t understand what God is doing.

Maybe you’ve been praying for direction, an answer, or just enough light to take the next step.

Remember this:

God does some of His greatest work in places that look completely dark to us.

Before God changed what the world looked like, He spoke into what looked like chaos.

And the same God who said, “Let there be light,” is still speaking today.

His Word can bring light to your confusion.

Hope to your discouragement.

Direction to your uncertainty.

And peace to your troubled heart.

You don’t have to see the whole road today.

You just need enough light for the next step.

So open His Word. Listen for His voice. Trust His direction.