Psalm 16

"I bless Yahweh, who is my counselor,
and in the night my inmost self instructs me"
Psalm 16:7

Sleep is a time that God has designed to renew our bodies. It is also a time when we can have our minds and spirits renewed as well.
I must say that I am not one who normally remembers his dreams. When I wake up it is as if I have turned off my brain and know nothing of that time from sleep to awaking. Yet every once in awhile God speaks into my life in the night in ways that have fundamentally changed me. At times it has been a clear voice asking me a question at a pivotal point about decisions that I faced. It has been scriptures that have suddenly come to me in my sleep that I then need to look at and ponder. Those scriptures have given me sure guidance at times that I have needed it the most.
As I look back upon these times one of the consistent things that I see was the busyness of my life in those moments. I remember those times as being hectic and there not being much space for prayer, thoughtfulness, or listening. Yet God found a way to break through that busyness and speak into my life anyway.
I take a lot of comfort from the experiences of God breaking into my life even in the night because I wasn't making room for him during the day. So I will continue to look for God's counsel both during the day and even at night so that I might be renewed, restored, and continually challenged to follow God more fully.