(33) Are You Tired at Church?

We've all felt it. We came to church tired but not planning on falling asleep. Everything is fine during the singing. But then comes a long prayer. Or a longer sermon. Incoming data starts to jumble. Your eyelids grow heavy. Your head nods then jerks awake. How long was I sleeping? Did anyone notice? Is there a church meeting in which someone doesn't fall asleep?

And there are plenty of good reasons to try to come to worship well rested, and to fight sleepiness in the presence of almighty God.

But that isn't the point of our text. In fact, the passage argues in favor of the kind of tiredness that led Eutychus to fall asleep in church. Being tired in church is okay if you are doing it right.