Psalms 4:8

Thought for the Week

 

"I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord only makest me dwell in safety" (Psalms 4:8)

 

Each morning we awake to begin a new day not knowing what the day will be like. It may be one in which all is well and we experience only good things. On other hand we may have a very difficult day in which it seems as if everything that can go wrong does go wrong. It is so comforting to know that so long as our trust and confidence is in God, we will be able to pillow our heads in peaceful sleep each night. Just knowing that his all seeing eye watches over us each hour of the day and that he will provide to us the help we need to sustain us whatever besets us on this journey (Psalms 3:5; Hebrews 4:13-16; Psalms 33:18).

 

With our trust firmly in God we will be secure and safe because he will be our shield and defender (Psalms 18:1-3). His presence is ours, therefore. even though the way may be rough an difficult, and even though dangers may threaten, nothing will ever be able to separate us from the love of God (Hebrews 13:5; Romans 8:31. 35-39). We must never forget that when the storm clouds gather, the wind begins to blow, the lightening flashes and the thunder roars, we are safe in the arms of Jesus (Isaiah 12:2; Psalms 23; Proverbs 29:25). Psalms 62:8 is a passage worthy of our consideration: In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. Trust him at all times: ye people pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah".

 

"Now I lay me down to sleep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take". A child's prayer but if we have placed our lives in God's hand by believing, repenting, confessing, being baptized  and living lives of faithfulness to him, then we can

lie down to sleep at the close of the day to a peaceful sleep knowing that should we not see the morning sun, all will be well.

 

Charles Hicks