Last night was one of those nights when I just couldn't settle to sleep.

I itched all over, I tossed, I turned.

Finally I decided to get up and have a Panadol to see if that would soothe me sufficiently to get some sleep.

As I padded out of the room, I noticed that the clock said 1:45.I thought it could only be about 12:30, so perhaps I had been to sleep after all.

I continued downstairs and felt the need to spend some quality time in prayer. I didn't have any particular direction just the urge to pray. I prayed for my family and the for every person in our church.

I can't say that heaven descended and the angels sang to me. It did feel good to be spending time talking with my Father. And I did get some revelations about how to pray for some of the people.

I went back to bed after an hour and slept soundly.

I know many people have trouble sleeping. It might be worth considering that when this is happening, perhaps God is calling you to pray in the night. To be a disciple of Jesus means being on call 24/7, attentive to the needs of our Lord.

Sometimes the test of your obedience might be simply to respond to an urge to pray when you would rather be sleeping.