How To Sleep Well!
"I will both lie down in peace,
and sleep; for You alone, O Lord,
make me dwell in safety."
Psalm 4: 8
Based on the number of sleep aid medicines and
supplements on the market, it would appear that
many people aren’t getting enough sleep! Those
products wouldn’t exist if the world was sleeping
soundly at night.
The psalmist David pointed out something we know
all too well: There is a difference between going to
bed and going to sleep. Everybody goes to bed at
night, but not everyone goes to
sleep.
David did both: “I will both lie down in peace,
and sleep.” Why was he able to sleep in peace?
Because he trusted in God: “You alone, O Lord,
make me dwell in safety.” He wrote those words
during a period of
unnamed trouble in his life—
something everyone can identify with.
But instead of being angry, he
silenced his heart and went to
sleep in peace (Psalm 4:4).
Do you go to bed, or do you both go
to
bed and go to sleep in peace? Search
your heart and commit your concerns
to God—and
rest in Him.
"We sleep in peace in the arms
of God when we yield ourselves
up to His providence."
François Fénelon