Last time we looked at the SELAH of Psalm 3:2 and the
encouraging promise of verses 3-4. We saw that the discouragement and enemies
we face don’t have to get us down. When it looks like all is against us we can
raise our hands in the face of bad times and say, “No-oo, you’ve got it all
wrong.” God DOES love me~He DOES have my back. He is my shield-not only my
shield, but my buckler (which protects a soldier from all directions)! I can
lift my head with confidence. God hears my cry from His hill! I CAN face this
struggle~I am not alone!
We have determined that we can face the day with confidence.
But David isn’t finished. Check out verse 5! We can end the day with confidence
as well. We CAN sleep peacefully in His arms of protection!
We don’t have to allow anxiety, uncertainty, and fears keep
us up at night. We don’t have to pace the floor as King Darius did in Daniel
chapter 6. We don’t have to toss and turn in sleeplessness.
The confidence that David mustered from His faith in God not
only led him through the day, it got him through the night as well.
On the run,
hiding from his enemies (actually his own family!), no place to lie his
head~~~David stated he could lie down and sleep! He could wake up the next
morning claiming, “the Lord has sustained me!”, and then begin another day
proclaiming, “I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people who have set
themselves against me!”
If you jump ahead to Psalm 4:8, David makes the same
statement,
“I will both lie down
in peace,
and sleep.
For YOU alone, O Lord, makes
me dwell in safety!”
What peace! What confidence!
During the day, turn to your buckler, lift your head, and
face what comes with confidence.
At night, turn to your buckler, LIE DOWN IN PEACE and SLEEP!
Nighty Night!
Debbie
