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Psalm 4.8 (NIV)
I will lie down and sleep in
peace, for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.
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| They slumber sweetly whom faith rocks to sleep.* |
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One
night during my freshman year in college, my friends in the dorm and I were
preparing to study for a BIG test the next day. My roommate and I decided to
play a joke on our friend Sherry. We got all ready for bed, got in our beds,
and turned out the lights. When Sherry came to our room to study with us, she
went a little berserk. “What are you doing?
You can’t go to sleep! We have to
study!” she screeched.
I
imagine that David’s friends reacted in a similar way to his ability to “turn out
the lights” and sleep so peacefully. “How can you sleep at a time like this? Your
enemies aren’t sleeping!” In this passage, David isn’t telling us that he has found the cure for
insomnia but that his confidence in God is like a lullaby. He can rest because
he has found peace with his conscience, peace with God, and the security of
God’s presence.
There
is more to peace than absence of war. There is more to safety than being
protected from harm. The world’s finest
security system and all the world’s wealth cannot provide the sanctuary to be
found by a soul who trusts in the Lord.
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| The secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances.* |
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