In the beginning there was darkness, and then God created light. Darkness is merely the absence of light, it's what must exist before light existed. God spoke into the darkness and created the light. Darkness is not bad, God allows it to remain. He separates the light and darkness, allowing both to have their time, and when that happens He declares it good.
Light is day, and that it good. It is when work is accomplished. The light warms the earth, bringing life. But God does not banish the darkness, He names it, declaring His dominion over it, and gives it a proper place. Darkness is night, and that is good. It is a time for rest and recovery. We need both, and God provided both.
There was this show on several years ago called "Dude You're Screwed". The show consisted of a game played by a former Navy SEAL, an active duty Green Beret, a British SAS instructor, and a naturalist survival expert. Three of them would team up kidnap the fourth and then they would drop him in the middle of nowhere is random items, and he had 100 hours to find civilization. Towards the end of the show, fans with survival expertise were invited to play, and they dropped one guy north of the arctic circle during the six months when the sun doesn't set. He would be doing something, and then suddenly fall asleep because his circadian rhythm, the thing that tells your body when to sleep, eat, and basically function for life, was thrown off.
We need that balance of darkness and light. All darkness is not good, and neither is all light. God created the light, but gave it a time to fill the earth. He did not destroy the darkness because His creation would need that too. God gave us the light and He gave us darkness, and that balance is good. I'm not speaking metaphorically, not looking at Star Wars' light and dark side of the force, but simply referring to the natural balance that God created us to live with. There is a time for action and a time for rest.
Sleep is not a bad thing, neither is work, but too much of either is. God created a time for both, and we are given both for our health and well being. Day is good, night is good. Work is good, and so is sleep. This is the cycle that God created for us; He provides for the basic needs we have.
Fight the lion, 1 Peter 5.1-11
TO GOD ALONE BE THE GLORY!
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