Contemplative Bible Reading

Isaiah 29:10 (New Living Translation)

For the Lord has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep.
He has closed the eyes of your prophets and visionaries.

God the Creator is punishing the chosen people for their disobedience. The punishment? Deep sleep. Those who are supposed to see, hear, and envision are…well, their minds are asleep. They lose the ability to think beyond the moment. They lose the ability to think at all.

God has blessed us all with amazing minds. It is a shame that we don’t use our minds to the power God has given.

God has the power to take away the wonderment of our minds. What a curse on the chosen people. Please God, don’t curse me with such. Don’t pour on me a spirit of deep sleep.