HAVE YOU EVER heard of what the bible calls “the Fourth Watch?” It was known in the first century as the 3am-6am watch (early morning). Jesus often rose up early to pray at this time! You may have read about the “fourth watch” in the Gospel of Matthew: “And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. And in the FOURTH WATCH of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.” (MATT. 14:23-25)