Day 26: Sleeping in God's arms

Do you ever find it hard to sleep at night?

I do. So often my mind is swirling with so many things that sleep never seems to come. My thoughts often track to the things I did during the day, while at the same time planning that which I have to do the next day. At times my mind just never seems to relax.

When I feel this way, I like to read psalm 3, in particular verse 5:

"I lay down and slept, I awoke, for the Lord sustained me."

David wrote this psalm when he was fleeing from his son Absalom. He writes that tens of thousands of people have set themselves against him; they who trouble him have increased. David was in a situation where we would say he had the right to be afraid. Men sought his life; thousands of men had risen up against him.

Nevertheless, he is able to say, I lay down and slept. Amidst all these troubles David had calm and peace; he could sleep. And why? Because the Lord sustained him. He cried out to the Lord and He heard him from His holy hill (vs 4).

God hears us when we call out to Him amidst the troubles in our own lives. Although we may not have tens of thousands of men hunting for our life, at times it seems we have tens of thousands of thoughts thundering in our heads. We may be troubled by various things, however God's promise remains the same. He will give us peace.

By calling upon Him through prayer we can give all our troubles and worries to God. Then we can say with David: 'I lay down and slept, I awoke, for the Lord sustained me.'