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Monday, July 14, 2025
A Special Spiritual yet political POST: The Left vs The Right : What Happens If You Sleep on Your Left Side According to the Bible? | ...
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yes, even bodies lying in certain positions at the command of Almighty God. The word of God is full of symbols,
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signs, and sacred patterns. Too often I read it with natural eyes,
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missing the spiritual depth that lies just beneath the surface. Reflecting on
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this, I am drawn to consider whether the way I sleep truly matters to God. Pope
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Leo the Cordeliss reminds us, "Every act, even the smallest, is an offering
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to God when done with a heart aligned to his purpose." I tell you, dear people,
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nothing is wasted in the eyes of our creator. Jeremiah 1:5 states that the
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same God who instructed Ezekiel to lie on his left side for 390 days is the
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same God who numbers the hairs on my head. He is the God who told the Israelites which direction to camp,
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which way to face, where to stand, how to walk. The physical was never separate
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from the spiritual. It was always part of the same holy picture. Throughout the
2:42
Bible, the left and the right are not mere directions. They are declarations.
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The right hand is the hand of power, of blessing, of divine favor. Jesus sits at
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the right hand of the father, not the left. The right side represents honor, glory, and spiritual authority. But the
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left, oh, the left, is often a symbol of
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judgment, separation, of things rejected and cast away. This leads me to a
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profound truth about the final judgment as described by our Lord. Matthew 25:es
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31-33 confirms that when Jesus described the final judgment, he said, "The sheep
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would be gathered to his right and the goats to his left. One side leads to life, the other to destruction." This
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isn't just about posture. It's about position. It's about alignment. Am I resting in God's order, or am I
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unknowingly resting in rebellion? Am I lying down in peace or have I
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surrendered to complacency? When Ezekiel lay on his left side, it
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was no ordinary act. It was a prophetic picture of God's burden for a rebellious
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nation. I must ask myself, what is my posture revealing about my spirit? This question
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brings me to a truth the modern church often overlooks. the left hand of
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judgment and the right hand of mercy. These are not merely poetic contrasts.
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They are divine distinctions rooted in the heart of scripture. The God of the
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Bible is a God of intentionality. Nothing he does is random. Nothing he
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commands is without purpose. When he speaks of the left and the right, he is
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not giving simple directions. He is painting a picture of eternal consequence. Matthew 25:es 31-33
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mentions that Jesus gives a prophetic vision of the final judgment. When the son of man shall come in his glory, he
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shall set the sheep on his right hand but the goats on the left. The separation is not arbitrary. The sheep,
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There are moments in scripture when God speaks not through thunder nor through fire, but through the quiet, peculiar
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actions of his servants. Ezekiel lay on his left side for 390 days, not by
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accident, but by divine command. What kind of God gives instructions like that? What was he saying to Israel? And
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what is he saying to us today, my friends? In a world that has fallen asleep in spiritual darkness, even the
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way we lie down can carry a message from heaven. I stand before you inspired by
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the words of Pope Leo the Caver who once said, "The body and soul are one in
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God's design. Every posture we take can reflect our nearness to his will." These
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words echo the truth that nothing in our lives, neither our actions nor our rest,
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is insignificant in the eyes of our creator. You may think your sleeping posture means nothing. But the Bible
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tells a deeper story. The left hand and the right are not the same in God's sight. One speaks of judgment, the other
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of mercy. One leads to separation, the other to salvation. I ask you today, am
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I sleeping in divine alignment or have I unknowingly turned my back on what God
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is trying to reveal? The Bible is not silent about the physical world. It
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speaks of mountains trembling, rivers parting, and bones rising from dry
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valleys. It speaks of hands lifted in worship, knees bowed in surrender, and
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yes, even bodies lying in certain positions at the command of Almighty God. The word of God is full of symbols,
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signs, and sacred patterns. Too often I read it with natural eyes,
1:47
missing the spiritual depth that lies just beneath the surface. Reflecting on
1:53
this, I am drawn to consider whether the way I sleep truly matters to God. Pope
2:00
Leo the Cordeliss reminds us, "Every act, even the smallest, is an offering
2:05
to God when done with a heart aligned to his purpose." I tell you, dear people,
2:11
nothing is wasted in the eyes of our creator. Jeremiah 1:5 states that the
2:17
same God who instructed Ezekiel to lie on his left side for 390 days is the
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same God who numbers the hairs on my head. He is the God who told the Israelites which direction to camp,
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which way to face, where to stand, how to walk. The physical was never separate
2:36
from the spiritual. It was always part of the same holy picture. Throughout the
2:42
Bible, the left and the right are not mere directions. They are declarations.
2:48
The right hand is the hand of power, of blessing, of divine favor. Jesus sits at
2:54
the right hand of the father, not the left. The right side represents honor, glory, and spiritual authority. But the
3:02
left, oh, the left, is often a symbol of
3:07
judgment, separation, of things rejected and cast away. This leads me to a
3:13
profound truth about the final judgment as described by our Lord. Matthew 25:es
3:19
31-33 confirms that when Jesus described the final judgment, he said, "The sheep
3:26
would be gathered to his right and the goats to his left. One side leads to life, the other to destruction." This
3:33
isn't just about posture. It's about position. It's about alignment. Am I resting in God's order, or am I
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unknowingly resting in rebellion? Am I lying down in peace or have I
3:45
surrendered to complacency? When Ezekiel lay on his left side, it
3:50
was no ordinary act. It was a prophetic picture of God's burden for a rebellious
3:56
nation. I must ask myself, what is my posture revealing about my spirit? This question
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brings me to a truth the modern church often overlooks. the left hand of
4:09
judgment and the right hand of mercy. These are not merely poetic contrasts.
4:16
They are divine distinctions rooted in the heart of scripture. The God of the
4:21
Bible is a God of intentionality. Nothing he does is random. Nothing he
4:27
commands is without purpose. When he speaks of the left and the right, he is
4:33
not giving simple directions. He is painting a picture of eternal consequence. Matthew 25:es 31-33
4:43
mentions that Jesus gives a prophetic vision of the final judgment. When the son of man shall come in his glory, he
4:50
shall set the sheep on his right hand but the goats on the left. The separation is not arbitrary. The sheep,
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those who followed him, who loved, served, and obeyed, are placed on the right. But the goats, those who refused,
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rebelled and rejected the truth are placed on the left. The right becomes the place of inheritance. The left the
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place of separation. This pattern is not isolated. In ancient Jewish tradition, the right side was considered the side
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of strength, honor, and blessing. In Hebrew, the word yamin, meaning right
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hand, was tied to power and divine favor. Genesis 48:14 reveals that the
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patriarch Jacob, when blessing the sons of Joseph, deliberately placed his right hand on the youngest son, Ephraim,
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despite Joseph's objection, it was a prophetic act, a divine choosing, revealing that God's order does not
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always follow man's expectations, but it always follows his plan. The left hand,
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in contrast, was seen with lesser favor. In Hebrew thought, it did not carry the same weight of authority or glory.
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That's not to say every act involving the left was sinful, but it was never symbolic of divine power. When the Bible
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uses symbolism, it often shows the left as the place of sorrow, judgment, or
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rejection. Consider the prophet Ezekiel. Ezekiel 4:4 affirms that God told
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Ezekiel, "Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it." Ezekiel obeyed for
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390 days, lying on his left side, bearing the sin and rebellion of a
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nation. Why the left? Because God was displaying the burden of judgment, the
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consequence of disobedience. Ezekiel's body became a prophetic message. His posture became a sermon. I
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can imagine the stairs, the whispers in the streets. There he goes again, lying on his side like a madman.
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But it wasn't madness, it was obedience. It wasn't comfort, it was calling. God
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used the physical to declare the spiritual. And through one man's posture, an entire nation was warned.
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You may ask, "Does this mean I'm sinning if I sleep on my left side?" Listen
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carefully. This is not about legalism but alignment. The question is not about
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what side my body rests on. But whether my life is resting in the mercy of God or under the weight of his judgment. The
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physical posture is a reflection, a mirror. Sometimes what I do with my body
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reveals what's going on in my soul. Hebrews 1:3 states that Jesus when he
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had by himself purged our sins sat down on the right hand of the majesty on
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high. The right hand is the place of completion of fulfillment of honor. To
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be at the right hand is to be in the center of God's pleasure. This truth
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leads me to reflect on the symbolic weight of the left and right in scripture. It is no coincidence that the
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thief who cried out to Jesus on the cross is traditionally believed to have been on his right side while the one who
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mocked was on the left. The gospels do not record their positions, but early church tradition picked up the
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symbolism, not by chance, but by spiritual insight. The right is where intercession happens. It's where victory
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is declared. Psalm 16:1 proclaims, "At thy right hand there are pleasures
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forever more. But the left, oh the left, is where men go when they've turned
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their backs on God." Ecclesiastes 10:2 states, "A wise man's heart is at his
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right hand, but a fool's heart at his left." Even the heart in scripture symbolizes this divide between wisdom
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and folly, light and darkness, mercy and judgment. I recall a moment from my
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ministry when I preached in a small village. A man approached me after the service weeping. He said, "I've gone
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through life doing what felt comfortable. I followed my own way. I
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never thought how my daily choices, even the smallest ones, could be saying something to God."
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He told me how he had always lived for himself, resting in his own ways, walking his own path, leaning on his own
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understanding. Then with tears in his eyes, he said, "But I want to turn. I want to lie down
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in the mercy of God." It wasn't about how he slept. It was about how he
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surrendered. It was about repentance. It was about choosing God's way over his
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own. This brings me to the heart of what the Bible is trying to teach us. Every time
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I lie down, I am choosing where my rest is found. Is it found in comfort or in
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obedience, in convenience or in consecration? The sheep on the right
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found rest in the shepherd's arms. The goats on the left found only separation.
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God is calling me to live. Yes, even to sleep in alignment with his truth. That doesn't mean I live in fear of every
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movement, but in awareness of his presence. When I lie down tonight, will my posture be one of surrender, of
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trust, of alignment with the right hand of God? Because the difference between
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the left and the right is not just about sides. It's about kingdoms.
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One leads to judgment, the other to mercy, one to exile, the other to
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inheritance. And God in his mercy has given me the choice. As I ponder this further, I am
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reminded of the ancient weight of posture in the eyes of God. As Pope Leo the Canor so eloquently stated, "The
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body is a temple and its every gesture of prayer when offered to the divine. The prophets did not stand where they
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pleased, nor did they fall to their knees without meaning." Exodus 3:5
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reveals that when God called Moses, he told him to remove his sandals, for the
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ground was holy. 1 Kings 18:42 shows that when Elijah prayed on Mount Carmel,
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he bowed low to the earth, putting his face between his knees. Daniel 6:10
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confirms that when Daniel sought the Lord, he opened his windows toward Jerusalem and knelt three times a day.
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These were not just customs. They were divine alignments of the body with the spirit. Physical postures that mirrored
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surrender, reverence, and intercession. The same is true when I examine the symbolism of lying down, especially
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lying on my left side. For some, it's merely a comfort, a preference in sleep.
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But in the realm of the spiritual, it carries prophetic weight. Ezekiel 4:4
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states that when God commanded Ezekiel to lie on his left side, he said, "Lie
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thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon
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it, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it. Thou shalt bear their iniquity." Day after day,
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Ezekiel lay in the dust, 390 days, to be exact, bearing the prophetic picture of
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a nation's rebellion. Why the left side? Because the left throughout scripture
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and Jewish thought often symbolized burden, rebellion, and divine reckoning.
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The left side was not the place of glory. It was the side of weight, of sin, of warning. In Jewish tradition,
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the right hand symbolized blessing. While the left hand was considered the hand of restraint, of correction. When
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the priestly blessing was given in the temple, the right hand was always lifted first. When kings anointed men into
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leadership, they used the right hand. And when the psalmist sang of God's
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strength, they sang of his right hand delivering them from the enemy. But the left, that was the side associated with
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judgment. In rabbitic literature, the left side was connected to din, the strict justice of God, while the right
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side represented chessid, the mercy of God. This distinction flows like a river
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through both the Old and New Testaments. This leads me to reflect on the story of Jacob. Genesis 32: 24 mentions that when
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Jacob wrestled with the angel, he emerged with a limp, a mark of divine encounter. His hip was touched. He no
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longer walked in the strength of flesh, but in the dependency of grace. As he limped into destiny, he leaned to one
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side, a visible sign that God had laid his hand upon him. Even in my discomfort, even in my weakness, the
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Lord is speaking. Sometimes he uses my physical posture, my limp, my leaning,
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my lying down to reveal the condition of my heart. In a world obsessed with
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comfort, with soft pillows and luxury beds, I have forgotten the weight of
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divine posture. I no longer ask, "How is my spirit aligned with God? I only ask,
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how can I rest more easily?" But Ezekiel didn't rest. He bore. He obeyed. He
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positioned his body to become a living sermon. Perhaps God is calling me not to lie down in comfort, but in
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consecration. Pope Leo Katarus once said, "True rest is found not in the
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ease of the body, but in the surrender of the soul to God's holy will." I
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recall a woman in a hospital, bedridden for months, her body weak and worn. Yet
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when I stepped into her room, I didn't feel sorrow. I felt glory.
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There she lay, not in bitterness, but in worship. She told me, "I may be on my
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left side because of this illness, but I have turned my heart to the right hand of God. Every night I lift my soul to
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him. Every breath is praise." Tears rolled down her face as she said,
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"Though my flesh lies low, my spirit stands tall. Oh, how heaven must rejoice
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when saints like that lie down in humility, trusting God, even when the
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bed is hard and the nights are long. That is what Ezekiel showed me. The posture of a prophet, the obedience of a
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servant, the body bearing the message of a holy God. Now I think of Jesus, our
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savior, our redeemer, our lamb. When he bore the cross, when he staggered up
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that hill, his body became the ultimate picture of divine obedience. He was
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stretched out, laid down upon wood. His body was positioned not in comfort, but
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in surrender. When he breathed his last, the earth shook, not because a man had
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died, but because heaven had received the sacrifice. There's something sacred about the way I position myself before
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God. Psalm 4:8 declares, "I will both lay me down in peace and sleep. For
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thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety." That wasn't about the softness of my
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bed. It was about the posture of my trust. When I lie on my left side with a heart
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turned to God, it becomes more than sleep. It becomes surrender. But when I
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lie on my left side in rebellion without regard for divine alignment, it can be a
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mirror of spiritual stubbornness. It's not the posture alone, it's the purpose
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behind it. This generation has learned how to rest, but I have forgotten how to
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yield. I've learned how to relax, but not how to listen. I lay down my head at
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night, but do I lay down my pride? Do I lay down my will? Do I lay down my plans? I believe the spirit of God is
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calling me to a deeper awareness to awaken my spiritual senses even in my physical stillness to ask Lord what is
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the posture of my life? Because every movement of my body can be a message.
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Every kneel, every hand lifted, every head bowed, every side I sleep on when
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offered to God can be a testimony. Ezekiel's left side obedience was not
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convenient, but it was prophetic. Perhaps God is asking me today to turn
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from comfort to calling, from self-will to surrender, from casual posture to
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covenant position. When the physical aligns with the spiritual, something powerful begins to happen. Heaven takes
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notice, hell trembles, and my soul finds rest. Not just in sleep, but in sacred
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trust. As I reflect on Ezekiel's powerful example, I see that God is not
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indifferent to how I position myself, not just in my body, but in my spirit. The posture of the prophet was a burden,
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a picture, a message. The same God who asked a man to lie down in obedience is still watching today to see how I walk,
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how I bow, how I rest, and yes, even how I sleep. Pope Leo the Corpus reminds us,
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"The heart that rests in God finds peace, for its posture is one of eternal
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surren." This truth compels me to go deeper into the meaning of the left in scripture, for it is no light matter.
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From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible makes a clear distinction between the right and the left. Not merely in
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direction, but in destiny. Matthew 25:41 reveals that Jesus speaks of the final
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judgment where the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. The sheep go
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to his right hand, the place of favor, eternal life, and divine inheritance.
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But the goats are sent to his left hand, the place of rejection, judgment, and separation. Christ says with piercing
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clarity, then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, depart from me,
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ye cursed, into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
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That's not just symbolism. That is prophecy. That is truth. And it cuts deep. The left hand in scripture is
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often associated with judgment, consequence, and correction. In Jewish thought, as recorded by sages and rabbis
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for generations, the right hand is the hand of chesset, loving kindness, while
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the left hand represents din, justice, and discipline. God has both. He loves
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with his right and corrects with his left. Psalm 89:13
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proclaims, "Thou hast a mighty arm, strong is thy hand and high is thy right
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hand." But when the right hand of God moves, it brings salvation. But when the left hand rises, it brings righteous
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judgment. When the Bible speaks of people being at God's left, it is not
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speaking merely of location. It is speaking of condition. It is speaking of
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hearts that have turned away, of souls who have chosen the broad road, of those who have not aligned themselves with the
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holiness of God. This brings me back to posture, not just physical, but
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spiritual. When I lie down on my left side, I may not be thinking about judgment, but heaven does not miss the
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message of the body. Genesis 2:7 reminds me that God made man from the dust.
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My very frame is designed by him and my movements when surrendered become holy.
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But when I am careless, even in how I rest, even in how I rest, I may be
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unknowingly aligning myself with things that are out of order in the spirit.
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This is not superstition. It is scripture. 1 Samuel 15:23 reveals that
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when Saul disobeyed the Lord, he did not just lose a battle. He lost the posture
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of obedience. He was no longer aligned with the heart of God. And the spirit of the Lord departed from him. The throne
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may have still been his for a while, but the presence of God was not. His soul had moved to the left, away from divine
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favor and towards spiritual ruin. I confess there are times when I feel I've
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been lying on the wrong side, not just in my bed, but in my life. I've been
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living in compromise, walking in rebellion, choosing my own path instead of God's.
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Now I feel the weight of it, the heaviness of being spiritually out of position. But there is mercy still at
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the right hand of God. There is redemption if I turn. The mercy of God is so deep, so wide, so strong that even
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if I've been lying on my left side in rebellion for years, the moment I cry
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out to Jesus, he will lift me up and set me at his right hand. Psalm 51:10 shows
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that after his sin with Ba Sheba, after the blood on his hands, after the lies and the shame, David cried out, "Create
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in me a clean heart, oh God, and renew a right spirit within me." God heard him.
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God restored him. God repositioned him. That's what grace does. It brings me
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back into divine alignment. I once met a man in a small town who had
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lived most of his life chasing pleasure, money, and pride. He had no interest in the church, no
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thought of God. But when he fell ill and found himself confined to a hospital bed, his whole
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life changed. He told me, "I've been lying here on my left side for weeks,
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and it feels like the Lord has been pressing on my soul every single night. Through tears," he added, "I see now
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what I never saw before. I was living on the wrong side of truth, the wrong side
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of grace. But now, even in this hospital bed, I've turned my heart toward the
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Lord." Right there in that hospital room with machines beeping and nurses passing by, he raised his trembling hand and
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said, "Lord Jesus, I surrender. I believe heaven stood still as that man
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was brought from the left hand of judgment to the right hand of mercy." It's not about which side I sleep on for
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comfort. It's about what side I live on for eternity. The left side in scripture
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warns me, convicts me, shakes me awake. It reminds me that choices have
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consequences, that disobedience brings distance, that drifting leads to judgment. But it also calls me to shift,
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to turn, to reposition myself toward the mercy of Christ. Hebrews 1:3 confirms
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that Jesus sits at the right hand of the father. That is the side of intercession, the side of power, the
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side of resurrection life. When I surrender my life, my choices,
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even my very body to him, I move from darkness to light, from judgment to
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grace, from death to life. That's the miracle of redemption. This miracle of
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redemption urges me to consider the deeper significance of posture in scripture, especially the weighty
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symbolism of the left side. I must not dismiss it as ancient ritual or distant
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tradition. I must ask, where am I lying in my soul? Is my life aligned with the
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mercy of God? Is my spirit turned toward his righteousness? Or have I fallen
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asleep in a position of compromise? The time is now to awaken, to align, to
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respond. Because the one who watches me in my waking and in my sleeping is calling me not just to rest, but to
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return. Pope Leo Catarines said, "To rest in God
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is to align the soul with his eternal purpose, even in the silence of the
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night. As I feel the weight of what it means to lie on the left side spiritually and symbolically, I am
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confronted with a profound and sobering truth. The left side is not only a sign
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of judgment and separation. It is often the battlefield where spiritual warfare is fiercest. Satan doesn't mind where I
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sit in church or what family I was born into. But he trembles when my heart aligns with the will of God. When my
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posture shifts from rebellion to righteousness. When my spirit moves from
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the left to the right. Because that's where victory is found. Psalm 16:8
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declares, "I have set the Lord always before me because he is at my right hand. I shall not be moved."
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Psalm 110:1 echoes this with prophetic words quoted
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by Christ himself. Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy
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foottool. The right hand is where the authority of heaven is exercised. It is
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where Christ is seated, having conquered sin, death, and the grave. The left hand, however, often symbolizes the
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place outside that covering, the vulnerable place, the unguarded side
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where the enemy attempts to breach my soul. Throughout scripture, I see the
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enemy always trying to lead people to the wrong side. Not just geographically, but spiritually. Ecclesiastes 10:2
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states, "A wise man's heart is at his right hand, but a fool's heart at his left."
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Solomon wasn't speaking of anatomy. He was speaking of direction, of alignment.
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The right hand of the heart is the side that listens to God, discerns his will,
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obeys his word, but the left drifts, doubts, rebelss, and resists. In Jewish
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tradition, the rabbis taught that God's two hands represent mercy and justice.
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His right hand draws in the repentant soul. But his left hand disciplines and
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corrects. When I choose to live on the left side, out of alignment with the word, out of
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sync with his spirit, I place myself in the very realm where Satan wages his
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fiercest attacks because that is where he thrives in disorder, in darkness, in
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spiritual imbalance. Ephesians 6:1 urges, "Put on the whole
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armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the ws of the devil." Paul
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lists the shield, the helmet, the breastplate, the sword, but all of it must be worn in alignment.
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I cannot wear the armor of righteousness while sleeping on the side of compromise. I recall preaching in a town
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where a young man came to me after the service looking worn, restless, and
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deeply troubled. He said, "Every night I go to bed. It feels like I'm being pulled into something dark. I don't know
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how to describe it. It's like something sitting on my chest. I try to pray, but
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I fall asleep in fear. I wake up feeling defeated." I laid my hand on his
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shoulder and asked, "Have you given the devil a foothold?" Right there he broke.
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He confessed that he had been dabbling in things, media, relationships, even secret habits that had opened the door
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to oppression. His body was resting, but his spirit was battling. He had been sleeping on the left side of the soul,
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spiritually vulnerable, exposed to attack, distant from the covering of the Lord. The devil is real. Demons are
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real. Spiritual warfare is not a metaphor. It's a reality. When I align myself with disobedience, with
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unrepentant sin, with spiritual carelessness, I make myself a target.
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Sometimes even my physical posture reflects that vulnerability. A man who sleeps in a fetal position may be
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carrying wounds from his past. A woman who tosses and turns may be battling
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unseen forces in the night. And yes, even lying repeatedly on the left side when seen in light of scripture may
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point to a soul resting out of order. But the Bible gives me hope because the God who warns is the same God who
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delivers. 2 Corinthians 10:es 4 and 5 proclaim, "For the weapons of our
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warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds." Strongholds don't fall by
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accident. They fall when the posture of my soul shifts. When I move from
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rebellion to repentance, from sin to surrender, from darkness to life. This
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calls me to consider how these truths apply to my daily life. Am I spiritually alert even as I lie down at night? Have
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I invited the Holy Spirit to cover my rest? Have I surrendered my dreams, my
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thoughts, my physical posture to the Lord? Or am I falling asleep in a spiritual fog, letting the enemy
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influence my mind in the night? Psalm 4:8 declares, "I will both lay me down
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in peace and sleep. For thou Lord only makest me dwell in safety. That kind of
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peace only comes when I am aligned with God spirit, soul, and body. That means
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confession before bed, keeping my heart clean, not allowing bitterness, lust, or fear
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to rule my mind as I sleep because the devil works in darkness, but
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God reigns over it. In the prophetic books, I see imagery where left and
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right are more than geography. They are spiritual destinies. Zechariah 3:es 1:2
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shows Joshua, the high priest, standing before the angel of the Lord with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse
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him. But what does God do? The Lord rebukes Satan, clothe Joshua in clean
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garments, and restores him. Why? Because even if the enemy positions himself on
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the side of favor, God has the final say. He can reposition me. He can cleanse me. He can remove the filthy
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garments and clothe me with righteousness. But I must be willing. I
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must desire alignment more than comfort. Truth more than tradition, righteousness
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more than routine. God is looking for people whose entire beings, heart, body,
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and soul are submitted to him. I knew an old man in the mountains of
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North Carolina. Every night before bed, he would kneel beside his bed, not for
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five minutes, but for nearly an hour, he'd open his Bible, whisper prayers for
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his family, his church, his nation. And then when he laid down, he would whisper, "Lord, cover me with your right
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hand tonight." I asked him once why he prayed that with tears in his eyes, he said, "Because I never want to be found
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lying where God hasn't called me to lie." What a truth. What a lesson to be
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so aligned with God that even my sleep becomes a testimony of my obedience.
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That is what it means to be spiritually awake in a sleeping world.
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The left side, my friends, is not inherently evil. But in scripture, it often reflects what happens when I drift
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from the covering of God. It shows me what unfolds when I ignore the spiritual war raging around me. But there is a
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right side of victory, a right hand of fellowship, of blessing, of authority
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and peace. That side belongs to those who yield their entire selves to the Savior. As I
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continue this journey through the sacred symbolism of physical posture, I arrive at a revelation that pierces deeper than
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flesh. It strikes at the very heart of divine alignment. There is a call resounding through the scriptures. A
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call not just to walk uprightly before God, but to rest in alignment with his purpose. To lie down with reverence, to
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surrender even my posture to his holiness. For in the Bible, nothing is accidental. God doesn't waste symbols.
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He speaks through shadows, through gestures, through positioning, and yes, even through which side I sleep on. Pope
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Leo the Catholic said, "The smallest act when aligned with God's will becomes a
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mighty declaration of faith." Ezekiel 4:4 confirms that God told the
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prophet, "Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it for 390 days."
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Ezekiel lay on his left side as a sign of Israel's sin and separation. It was
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not comfortable. It was not symbolic art. It was divine instruction. God was
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showing the nation what their rebellion looked like. Their alignment had shifted from holiness to hardness, from covenant
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to corruption. Ezekiel's posture became a visual prophecy, a nation out of
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order, way down on the left, crushed under iniquity. Why the left side?
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Because in Hebrew understanding, the left side often represented human weakness, judgment, and distance from
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divine favor. The right was the side of blessing, strength, and covenant.
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Genesis 48:es 13 to 14 reveals that when Jacob blessed Joseph's sons, Ephraim and
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Manasseh, he crossed his hands, placing his right hand, the hand of greater blessing, on the younger son's head.
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Joseph tried to correct him, assuming the elders should receive the right-hand blessing. But Jacob, led by the spirit,
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knew better. The right hand had divine significance. The left was of lesser
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favor, symbolic of secondary blessing. God never does anything by accident.
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When I begin to understand this, I realize my physical life, my habits, my gestures, even my rest either come into
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alignment with heaven or fall into discord with it. Today I am often restless, not just in mind, but in
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posture. I toss and turn, not only because of anxiety or poor health, but because my spirit is misaligned. I am
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sleeping on truths I should be standing on. I am lying on patterns I should have repented from. There are times when I go
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to bed with my body on the mattress but my soul in disorder. I am lying on the
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left side figuratively and spiritually because I have accepted disorder as
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normal. Divine alignment calls me to something higher. It calls me to ask am
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I in step with the spirit? Am I resting where God wants me to rest? Am I
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submitting every part of my being waking and sleeping to the Lord? Matthew 25
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32-33 states that Jesus tells the parable of the sheep and the goats. At
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the final judgment, the son of man shall separate them as a shepherd divides his
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sheep from the goats. And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. What a solemn
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warning. The right hand, the side of the sheep, the obedient, the faithful. the
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left hand, the side of those who ignored the call of righteousness. This is more than esquetology.
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It is about how I live and rest. Am I posturing myself as a sheep, yielded,
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humble, dependent upon the shepherd, or am I drifting toward the left, stubborn,
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cold, out of sync with the spirit of God? I recall visiting a church in the inner city filled with faithful people,
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many of them weary, many fighting through darkness. After I preached, a woman came forward weeping. She said,
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"I've been waking up every night. At 3:00, I am in a panic. I feel pressure
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on my chest. I feel fear all around me. I don't know why. I read my Bible. I
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pray sometimes, but I can't rest." I took her hand and gently asked, "Have
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you aligned your life with the Lord fully? Or are you still carrying things he asked you to lay down?" She broke
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right there in that sanctuary. She confessed hidden sins, bitterness, unforgiveness, even involvement in
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spiritual practices she thought were harmless but were rooted in darkness. Her body was lying down at night, but
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her spirit was standing in enemy territory. That night, we prayed. We anointed her. She repented. Weeks later,
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she wrote to me saying, "I now sleep like a baby because I'm finally sleeping under the shadow of his right hand."
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Alignment changes everything. Psalm 121:es 3-4 declares declares, "He that
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keepeth thee will not slumber. God is always watching. But am I aligning my sleep under his gaze? Or am I tossing
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myself toward the unguarded side?" Even in Jewish tradition, the body's position in burial has significance. Orthodox
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Jews are buried facing east, awaiting the Messiah's return. Every movement matters. Every posture matters. While
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scripture doesn't command a specific side to sleep on for modern believers, it continually points me to deeper
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symbolism. The call to alignment, to rest in righteousness, to be spiritually positioned on the side of blessing. This
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goes beyond physicality. It speaks to the heart. I may lie on my right side, but if I harbor sin, if I hold back
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forgiveness, if I play with darkness, then spiritually I am lying on the left. I may find myself forced by circumstance
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to lie on my left side. But if my heart is fixed on Jesus, my life covered in prayer, then heaven sees me on the
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right. It's not just about posture for my body. It's about posture for my soul.
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It's about aligning not just my theology but my lifestyle, my thoughts, my habits, my rest, my routines, everything
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brought under submission to the lordship of Christ. When I do, when I align with
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the spirit, I begin to notice a shift. Peace settles where chaos once reigned.
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Nightmares cease. Dreams carry heavenly meaning. I wake up refreshed in ways no
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mattress can explain because it won't be the side of my body that determines my
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rest. It'll be the alignment of my heart with the right hand of God. Acts 7:55
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reveals that as Steven was being stoned, he looked up and saw Jesus standing at the right hand of God. He wasn't lying
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on a bed. He was in agony, but he was perfectly aligned. Even in his dying
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moment, he saw the son of man standing, not sitting. Standing to receive his
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faithful servant. That's what divine alignment brings. The favor, the presence, the covering of God even in my
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darkest hour. So I ask myself, what side am I lying on? Not just with my body,
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but with my life. Am I aligned with the throne or have I drifted to the left
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spiritually, morally, mentally? Am I positioned for blessing or am I
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sleeping outside the covenant? God is calling me even in my rest to walk in
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holiness to live in divine alignment to posture my soul under his right hand of power.
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When my soul finds its rest in God, even my body follows. But when I drift from
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his presence, when I choose disobedience over surrender and comfort over consecration, my posture begins to speak
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a language heaven cannot bless. The enemy is not simply fighting my church
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attendance or Bible reading. He's attacking my posture, my positioning, my
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alignment because he knows that whoever rests in alignment with God carries the
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authority of Pope Leo the cav cav cav the soul that rests in God's will stands
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as a beacon against the darkness of the enemy. In ancient Israel, soldiers were trained
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not only for battle but for posture in rest. A soldier in David's army did not lounge
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carelessly when off duty. He rested with awareness. His sword was never out of
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reach. His back was never exposed. The same is true for me today. 1 Peter 5:8
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warns, "Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary, the devil, as a roaring
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lion, walketh about seeking whom he may devour." That scripture doesn't say the enemy is sleeping. It says he's walking,
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searching, waiting for vulnerability. Spiritual watchfulness matters even in
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how I sleep. I'm not just talking about physical sleep. I'm talking about spiritual drowsiness.
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When I become numb to the spirit's prompings and start reclining on habits that once would have made me tremble.
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How many times have I fallen asleep on the wrong side, ignoring conviction, silencing the Holy Spirit, and assuming
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that what's physically comfortable is spiritually safe. Matthew 13 25 warns in
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the parable of the wheat and the tears that Jesus said, "But while men slept,
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his enemy came and swed tears among the wheat and went his way." The enemy
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didn't attack during battle. He attacked during sleep, during unguarded moments.
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And where did he sow? Right in the field of God's people.
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That's why divine watchfulness must never be set aside, not even for a night. There's something profoundly
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sobering about the pattern of sleep in scripture. Romans 13:1 urges and that
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knowing the time that now it is high time to awake out of sleep. For now is
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our salvation nearer than when we believed. This isn't a casual reminder.
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It's a trumpet blast because the hour is late and I cannot afford to rest on the wrong side of obedience. In the
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tabernacle of Moses, everything had a place. The table of showbread was on the
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right, the golden lampstand on the left. The priest upon entering would face both
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light and bread, but in prophetic application, it was always the right side that carried the symbolism of
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priestly blessing. Leviticus 14:14 reveals that when the leper was
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cleansed, the blood of the offering was placed on the right ear, right thumb,
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and right big toe of the man, representing sanctified hearing, service, and walk. The left side was
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untouched. That tells me something. God marks the right side for consecration.
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The right side is for priesthood, for obedience, for covenant. When I sleep persistently on the left,
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not necessarily in body, but in spirit, it speaks of a life that refuses the
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mark of consecration. It's a spiritual posture of resisting
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God's order, of turning away from his high call and instead resting in a
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