I don’t know about you but I have found that there seems to be a certain time of the day that God works on me. For me, this is generally about three in the morning.
As grateful as I am that God spends time with me or working on me, I find that His intervention at three in the morning leads to some very bleary-eyed days.
Generally, I find that at 3am, I wake with wonderful ideas swirling around in my head; ideas that I would not have normally thought of but that make me realize that it must be God trying to work through me and my writing.
Sometimes, I lay in bed trying to decide if I should get up or not. I have found that it is those times when I decide to not get up and I fall asleep again that the ideas that I had in my head leave by the time I wake and they are gone forever. In the morning, knowing that I had those great ideas and that I lost them makes me regret not having gotten up.
Over time I have learned to heed the calling to wake up and write while everyone else around me sleeps.
A few years ago God started stirring within me. At first I listened a little bit not really knowing it was God. I just thought that it might have been something I ate that was keeping me up at night. But as I tuned into Him more and more and the words that I was supposed to write became clearer and clearer, I knew it must have been God stirring in my soul rather than a late night ham sandwich rumbling around in my stomach.
So, here I am again at 3am writing. I just went through the same struggle with myself: do I get up or do I sleep. I must admit I tried sleeping but as I lay there I knew I needed to get up and do some work with God.
One thing that I truly believe in is “co-laboring” with God.
Besides writing, I run a small business. As with any small business, it has its share of headaches and heartaches. Sure, some of the rewards are great such as being your own boss, setting your own hours, etc… But there are also the problems of managing cash flow, making sure there is enough money to pay employees, etc…
As a small business owner there is no one to fall back on but yourself and God. There are times when things get very scary and I pray to God to help me out. When I do pray, I don’t just ask Him to be sure I get a check in the mail that day. Rather, I ask Him to help me find work for my business. I tell God that if He can help me find the work I will do it. I don’t ever ask God for anything for free.
Basically, I let God know that I will work as hard as I need to. I only ask Him to help me find the work to do. All I need is for God to unlock a door once in a while for me to be able to open and walk through.
This is how I “co-labor” with God.
And, I need to tell you that God has been very, very good to me. There have been times when things have looked the darkest for me and some anxiety starts to set in about finding new work or managing cash flow over the next few months when miraculously a new job appears and God saves the day.
I have asked God to “co-labor” with me many times and every time He has come through for me.
So when God calls on me at 3am and gives me inspiration to write, that is the time He is asking me to “co-labor” with Him.
After all He has done for me, how can I say no to Him?
I agree God wakes me up at 3am and when I arise (when I’m not letting my flesh overcome me and fall back to sleep) I pray, read my word and ideas for things I’m working on comes to me like a snap of the finger. So yes I do experience 3am awakings and I have become more obedient to him at 3am because I don’t want the ideas and whatever else God wants me to receieve to fade and never return… God is my help and without him I don’t have anything!!! I love this website and keep up the GOOD WORK!!!
WOW!! Thank you.
I really love what you do with your website and your daily posting on FB as well as the emails.
I am a creative person and I always go to sleep struggling with what to do next on a project or how I am supposed to proceed with soemthing I am struggling with during that day. I awake at 230 and sometimes 6 only to get back in bed instead of listening to what God has implanted in me.
Thanks for your inspiration. I will devote all of myself to co-laboring with God.
Chanel
isnt that the truth… its so difficult to not do what we want to do… yet… when we listen to Him and actually “co-labor” with Him…He does usually come through… sometimes when i am really really tired… i have a difficult time and i keep wondering how He is saving the day when I really just want to sleep…
you know what i mean…
I’ll tell you about llistening to God at 3 in the a.m., this is before I became a true believer, 3 years ago I was going to florida, myself & my 2 dogs, we were going to go to florida, party, get wild, have not a care in the world Thurs at 3 a.m. I heard a voice literally, I sat straight up from my bed and looked around, there was no one there, the voice said I need to take my mom to florida, (now I loved my mom, she was my best friend) but I just wanted to go by myself, a free spirit. I started to cry and I prayed, I said God what do I do, I want to go alone. I cried all night. I took my mom to the doctor the next day and I said to her “mom I have a favor to ask you” and she said do you want me to watch your dogs when you go to florida…I said NO I WANT YOU TO GO WITH ME. My decision came over me. We went to florida, had 10 wonderful days togetther, memories I will never forget. We came back to St. louis and went out to breakfast, she said “I love you lolly” I said I love you mommy and that night she was dead.
THANK YOU GOD,, THANK YOU GOD for waking me up at 3 in the a.m. I am so grateful that I listened to your wonderful words. I love you so much God
when God has been good…as He always is… especially as He has been in your life… you just cant say no to Him… you just cant. Especially in matters of LIFE or death… I understand completely what you are saying… especially when He has made it very clear to you.
i am so very tired…i am going to sleep now…
love and many prayers
h
The post from Erica broke my heart. So sad she lost her mother so quickly. But she has precious memories that death can’t take away.
God works on me in the same manner. Awakens me in the wee hours of the morning , sometimes 230 or 3 a.m. I have heard God audibly call me like a voice of thunder from Heaven. As I slept one night he called me, “Betty”!! I sat up in bed and said , “Yes, Lord” and as I sat quiet I saw a circle of light float from my side of the bed to my husbands side. I did not fear, it was so peaceful. When I layed my head back down on the pillow I heard the purest sound of angelical music anyone could ever imagine. Was absolutely beautiful. When I raised my head up to see where it was coming from it disappeared. When I layed my head back down it started up again. I fell back to sleep with that orchestrated sound only from my Lord, Jesus Christ. What an experience.
I know without a doubt that God deals with us during the fourth watch of the night. My son had been sick and I prayed for him at night when I went to bed. Some mornings I would awake thinking “I went to sleep before I finished praying”. One night at 3:19, my son called me to say “Mom, I want you to know I haven,t done anything I can,t get forgiveness for”, we talked for awhile and I knew God was dealing with him during the fourth watch of night. My son “Marty” passed away Nov. 12, 2005 at the age of 36 yrs 2 months 23 days and approx. 14.5 hours. From the time of his death, I was awakened every night at 3:19AM for more than a year. Every morning I was awaken was the most peaceful time of my day. Praise God
It is amazing how many people have experineced God coming to them at about 3am. If you haven’t been to the FaceBook page for The Whisper of God you can do so here: http://www.facebook.com/TheWhisperofGod.com You don’t need to be a part of FaceBook to go there and see the comments people are leaving there.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us and thanks for being a part of The Whisper of God community.
Elmer
I am so glad to see that I am not alone, being woke up by God between 2:30 and 3 a.m. God has been speaking to me this way for several years. He has given me knowledge about things in my life. He has shown me dreams/visions that have been sermons. He has lifted me up beyond measure.
I have adopted my four grandchildren who were abused and molested by their biological father. Prior to that my Father and I had a lot of interesting early morning conversations. I knew of the abuse and could get nothing done. God protected those children from death and brought them out of that situation. The 7 year old asked Jesus into his heart on Good Friday this year.
God still wakes me up even though the kids are safe. He teaches me and commands me, bringing wonderful scripture to light in a way I have never noticed before.
I hope you keep this site going I am glad to be a fan.
John
YO that is bananas he wakes me up around that same time too alot. I don’t know sometimes what God wants me to do and sometimes I do. I don’t get up everytime but these testimonies encourage me to. I dream alot of dreams of things I think God is telling me. I nelieve he speaks to me in many ways.
i want the world to reunite themselves with what is totally real and thats whats in our hearts when i think of God and Jesus i get this feeling in the pit of my stomach kinda like being head over heels in love its so awesome. what ever happened to the realness of feeling with our hearts instead of our bodies whats going on ?
I have been thinking I have a sleeping disorder as I lay away at 3:00 AM. If I am not careful, I do not fall back to sleep. I too am concerned about reading or writing for fear that later during the day I will be tired, my eyes tired and lack productivity. And, all my problems seem to be magnified as I cry out to the Lord to help me find sleep.
It did not dawn on me that God maybe probing me to seek his word or write at this desolate time of the night.
GUESS WHAT? I happened to find YOU about 3 am this morning (PST). You showed up in my Windows Media Center. I don’t even know how.
I have always felt close to GOD between 2:30 to 6:00 am. I work the late swing shift 6:00 pm – 2:30 am. When I get off work, this is my time with the Lord. It is peaceful, quiet and I can listen to what HE has to say. Even when I was in college, I can remember getting up and I would treasure those peaceful hours. I would always feel empowered and inspired.
I am so happy that so many of you have shared similar experiences. This builds all of our faith.
The Bible does say to seek the Lord early (early a.m., early is life?, early in the morning?)
Weaping may endure for a night but joy comes in the morning.
I ask God to help me provide for my family and even though we pinch pennies and sacrifice – we always have what we need. I’ve learned to trust and be patient (even though it is most difficult sometimes).
I think I sleep too much ,missed out on some very specia lmornings for not awakening when God was calling on me .I am going to put my alarm clock (GOD) ON FINE TUNE AND HIGH—Praise you God !
This is so very awesome, because the often wakes me up at times that I have yeilded to my flesh and went back to sleep. Often times though when I do get up it sense that, that time of getting up has changed the course of my day. The presence of the Lord is the greatest place to abide.Thank you for the encouragement to be obedient to the call of God at 3am.
I enjoyed this. I guess it is easier to handle the God messages when u c how other people handle their situations with God. Thank you…
The Lord often calls on me in the middle of the night. I used to think it was just a noise or something else disturbing me. I now know better.
As an example, for many nights in a row the Lord woke me up to pray against the spirit of suicide but never told me who it was He wanted me to pray for. One night there was no disturbance. In the morning I aked God why. He impressed upon me that sometimes he needs to let people choose for themselves and I would understand soon.
It was later that morning we learned my husbands brother had commited suicide. It is more important than we can possibly understand to respond when called by God. There are other lives attached to our obedience. Wether it is writing an uplifting messege that inspires others or interceeding with all our being. The best choice is to always respond.
I am grateful that we are not ultimately responsible for the outcome. We are only responsible for answering the call.
Wow!!! After reading all those messages above….I too did woke up almost every night around 3 to 3:30 and stayed up all night….I believe that God had been talking to me in my heart and my thought….I usually think of people that had problems of their own and I did ask God to forgive them whatever they did to their action they did wrong doing lately…and I did asked HIM to forgive my wrong action and work out my mistakes to the right things…I had been struggled for long time and finally asked God to forgive me and friends who hurt or insulted someone or to me whatever he said to me or someone else…I did asked Him to forgive them for what they did wrong that they do not know what they did… Oh boy I felt so great and relaxed now…but I need to pray for them to look up to God and think over with their problems and be saved before too late…. Okay, I hope you enjoyed reading this and think over….God bless your heart…. ILY
I L OVE YOUR MESSAGES EVERYDAY, THEY ARE VERY MEANINGFUL TO ME…THANK YOU <3
maybe thats why im awake at that time tossing and turning, during the night that god is trying to enter me. i dont listen or dont know how to listen.
how do i know that god is talking to me.i have ashed him for help all the time and i just dont know if he is listen or im not, hearing him answering me.
I have experienced the 4 am awakenings, I often struggled on what exactly it is that God wanted me to do. I used to get up to pray then read my Bible and it always lead me to my writing which none have been published but am working on that. Anyway, this article was meant for me to read because lately I have been getting up to pray but not reading or writing, and at times as you said i go back to sleep without nothing being accomplished. It has reminded of exactly what it is God wants and why my days have felt so void since I have stopped! THANK YOU!!! God Bless You.
every morning at the time of 4am i always pray to god before i doing my daily routine i pray a lot to god my family,my friends,and all the people that they need a prayer for their problems,i know god is always trying to listen to us especially at that time of 3am so i propose to all people that who believes in god that we need pray a lot at that time so god hear us….
Thank you God for being a wonderful messenger for us we love you so much…..
I do also… and love it when I get a message from God and boy has it been rewarding…
We love you..
Mary Mc
I thank God for you and your obedience to Him. I read this and it really hit home in that it reminds me to stay with Him – that I can’t do anything without His Guiding Hand. I’ve been close to Him and I’ve wandered away…I thank you for reminding me to always submit to Him and the rest will come in His sweet time. God Bless you, your family, your business, & your ministry.
This came to me as I was reading all these comments : I too am awakened many many times between 1:30 A.M. to 3:00 A.M. I always ask the Lord what He would have me read or if I have had a dream while sleeping I ask Him the interpretation of the dream. A lot of times I just sit and meditate. There is nothing like being in the presence of the Almighty God. As I said this came to me where God called Samuel. Samuel we have to realize was a child, Eli was getting on in years and he was losing his sight, Samuel had laid down to sleep and as he slept, God called his name. Samuel answered Here I am and he ran to Eli for he thought the call was from Eli, God called Samuel the second time and again Samuel ran to Eli and said he knew that Eli had called him and Eli said he had not called him. Eli sent him back to bed, but gave him some fatherly advice. Eli told him if you hear the call again the third time just say speak Lord for thy servant heareth thee. I think may be when we get woke up in that midnight hr., that if we can just say Lord speak thy servant heareth, that we shall receive mighty things from Our Lord.
The scripture about Samuel’s calling is in 1st. Samuel 3:3-9 [KJV]
What a wake up call thank you for writing your Hearts. Lots of times I have been awl on my early calling all of the above has been great encouraging and uplifting that our Father in heaven is sooooooooooo BIG to call us on the watch that he wants us
Truly a wake up call. I too have the 3am wake up call but not obedient as I should. I always have so many thoughts running thru my mind but do not do anything about it. This is just another way my Father is trying to get my attention for me to co-labor with him. Thank you for blessing me thru him, giving HIM Glory.
Thank you for this message. I too have been waken up @ 3am. for about 2 month, I usually get up walk around the house ,then go back to sleep. i’ll pay more attention to these times for God’s ‘voice’.
i come up with the most amazing ideas to help others when i’m trying to sleep,never thought it was GOD, but i do write my thoughts down immediately,i’m amazed at my notes in the morning,just wish i could stay motivated to follow through!!
Laborers together with God………What has he laid on our hearts to do…. And are we doing it. So many voices , but as Elmer says, the still small voice.. It is there we find our great rewards. The rewards of the heart. “Not unto us oh Lord, Not unto us, but unto thy name be all glory and honor and praise.” What an honor to work together with God.
I guess I’m lucky. God knows 3 am would be useless with me….I’m just no good until I get that second cup of coffee. We spend a lot of quiet time together. I have learned to “Let Go and Let God” and I try not to grab the steering wheel, but just set in the back seat and let him do the driving. Now he is preparing me for something, and although I don’t yet know what it is, I’m doing my homework and waiting for God….
Judi-I am sitting in the back seat myself right now also. I need another job and I am waiting for God to show me what is next for me. An old professor of mine recommended this site to me and I love all the daily sayings. They are all very thought provoking and powerful messages. Thank you for sharing all of them with us–they are appreciated.
thank GOD for calling on me in the early morning , he has given me great
advice in the scriptures he lead me to read and the poems he use me to write
for GOD is still alive and we should listen. i will give him my full attention in those early calling. GOD BLESS TO ALL
I have also been awakened at 3 am in the morning. It is out of a deep sleep or REM level with vivid dreams. I have not had any clue as to why I always awaken at 3 am. It is not very often either. Is this the Lord? I have lived one day at a time since my divorce in 03. God has led me to other settings and people outside my comfort zone. I have lived through Hurricane Katrina with these people. I continue to strife to make a difference in this area even though I still grieve for the lost of my marriage. I have always prayed for the Lord to use me to His best use if my path had to change.
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heart warming… His Love is perfect!
Thank you so much for your devotion to the website and to Our Lord. It impacts every day in a very positive way and keeps me grounded. Again, thanks.
I am encouraged by reading the posts that so many have shared about waking in the middle of the night. THIS has been happening to me over my life but VERY consistently over the last 2 1/2 weeks. Thank you all for sharing your honest lives so that ppl like me can perhaps glean into GOD in a deeper way.
Afterall, as a stay-at-home mom and Pastor’swife, I barely get any time to really be alone and truly LISTEN to God. And HE already knows my desire to ‘know HIM more’ including being able to recognize HIS specific leading for my life & family.
Thanks for writing this about waking at 3am. I’ve had this going on for years now. When it happens and I am wide awake, it’s because the Holy Spirit wants me to get up and pray for someone or some area on the earth. The Holy Spirit won’t let me go back to sleep so it’s pointless to lay there and try.
I also just started waking up at 3am and its always 3am I sat up but I never understood what or
why I was waking up I grab my bible and started reading but I never really stood still and lison. I was
sort of afraid I kneel to pray and repent as I always do and I did forget to pray before I went to sleep
but the next time he wakes me up I am going to really lison.