Dec 6,2016
I had a Samuel and Eli-esque moment last night at 2:30 a.m. Suddenly, I heard my name called out urgently, “CATHY!” as if by someone needing immediate attention. I thought it was Bill. I bolted upright and said, “WHAT!” That woke Bill up so he asked what was wrong. I said, “Nothing. I thought something was wrong with you.” So, at 2:30 I’m wide awake. Bill went back to sleep. I tried to remember if I had been dreaming but couldn’t remember anything. The wee hours were then spent in prayer over 4 specific situations, each of which was requiring action in the form of a letter to be drafted to a district attorney out of state, a court administrator, a prospective employer for someone, and an attorney in a divorce and custody case with a hearing pending. There are times when God realizes the urgency of situations more than I do, I guess, and nudges me…..although that was clearly the most demanding nudge I’ve ever received in the middle of the night from God. As it turned out the day today took a number of unexpected turns that would have entirely precluded me getting any of those letters written. So I just have to figure God ‘called me into work’ in the middle of the night to accomplish the tasks that God knew had to get done.
I remembered the years I was on call duty overnight at University Hospital in Montgomery, Alabama as a medical technologist. We didn’t have night shift crew and if a stat lab test was needed, I had to be where I could be there within 30 minutes. Many nights I got called into work! And had 2 small children at the time, so it was one of the reasons I left hospital work and went to private lab work- Monday to Friday 8-5!
If you have a heart after God’s own heart and make yourself available, expect to be “called into work” sometimes for middle of the night intercession. I think the demons must goof off in the night hours so there’s less interference!