From Pete Wilson:

Apparently in the Hebrew world their mindset at how they looked at the structure of a day was quite different than the way we look at it today.

We generally think about a day starting with the sun rising, right? Well, in the Hebrew world, they actually thought of the day as starting the night before. A great reference for this would be…

Genesis 1:19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

The day doesn’t begin with morning; it begins with evening.

I was told the general thought here was this was a reminder of sorts that while you sleep, God is running the world. The day doesn’t start when YOU get up and get going for this day is not dependent on your thoughts, actions, and participation.

God does not sleep, and God gets along just fine without us. It’s a reminder that you can rest at night letting go of your stress, your problems, your issues, your pressures because you have a God who’s got your back even while you sleep.

There is a God, and it’s not you. You can sleep. You can let go.

Proverbs 3: ²⁴ when you lie down, you will not be afraid;  when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.