Why Can’t Christians Stay up til 5 a.m.?

When was the last time you saw the sun rise? It seems that being a Christian means to some people that staying up to “ungodly” hours is a sin. That if you see the sun come up in the morning you have been out doing something inappropriate. I would like to disagree. I am in my twenties and I love to stay up late! I can’t really remember the last time I went to bed before 10pm.

I find it difficult, though, to find other Christians willing to stay up the same hours and therefore a lack of activities to participate in. I mean just because I am a Christian shouldn’t mean that I can’t have fun somewhere after midnight. When was the last time you heard of a Bible study that lasted until 3am or a singles ministry event that didn’t end until sunrise? Why not? Are Christians the type of people who never stay up that late?

It doesn’t make sense to me to make the assumption that once Jesus is your savior that trait disappears. After all, consider the amount of cash flow nightlife brings in all the time. Obviously there are people who are just wired to go, go, go. Can we not use that feature and apply it to a ministry? I am sure we can. I know, I know…my grandma too said, “Nothing good happens after midnight.” But something in me also remembers the life changing decisions made at youth lock-ins that lasted until, heaven forbid, the next morning.

So I am wondering now, are there any Christians out there that are wired like me and not ready to hit the sack after the last newscast of the night? Anyone out there that would like to discuss the book of Daniel until the sun rises? I’m hoping that there are and that maybe, one day, we can hang out and enjoy the fact that sleep can still be seriously overrated, even if we are Christians.