“I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD only makest me dwell in safety.” (Psalm 4:8)
The late, John Philips, wrote in his commentary on the Psalms that David wrote this psalm during the time that Absalom, his son was seeking to kill him. Absalom even had David’s army at his disposal. What did the king do? He said, “I will lie down and go to sleep because God is watching over me.”
Sometimes trouble crowds in on our lives and we cry out in fear and anxiety wondering what we can do. It is then that total trust in God is needed. With that kind of trust in our God we can lie down in peace and sleep as did King David. Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there.
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