Psalms 4:8
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Adonai, only makest me dwell in safety.
Oh, it is so easy to be tranquil and at peace when life flows like soft sweet song; but should this peace wane at the sound of mounting staccatos?
As we reflect on David’s statement, let us not forget its context. David was leaving Jerusalem in disgrace, fleeing the mutiny mounted by his own son Absalom. David also well aware that his misfortune was a result of his own sinful actions. He realized that as a King, he was a reference point to his people. He needed to be punished.
We are supposed keep our focus on our God at all times. When a woman is in labor of natural childbirth, she is doing the hardest work she’ll ever do. To concentrate her attention on a pleasant picture or photo, or even looking at her husband helps her focus on her breathing techniques. As a movement in labor of the new millennial world doing the hardest work we’ll ever do, it is most important that during the intense pains of labor, we make our Master our main focal point. What a wonderful illustration of the Church, the bride of Christ, focusing and finding strength in her heavenly Husband in her time of tribulation. Then and only then will she have inner peace and comforting faith in the midst of her hard labor.
Peter, the follower of the Master spoke of exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4).
Oh, it is so easy to be tranquil and at peace when life flows like soft sweet song; but should this peace wane at the sound of mounting staccatos?
As we reflect on David’s statement, let us not forget its context. David was leaving Jerusalem in disgrace, fleeing the mutiny mounted by his own son Absalom. David also well aware that his misfortune was a result of his own sinful actions. He realized that as a King, he was a reference point to his people. He needed to be punished.
We are supposed keep our focus on our God at all times. When a woman is in labor of natural childbirth, she is doing the hardest work she’ll ever do. To concentrate her attention on a pleasant picture or photo, or even looking at her husband helps her focus on her breathing techniques. As a movement in labor of the new millennial world doing the hardest work we’ll ever do, it is most important that during the intense pains of labor, we make our Master our main focal point. What a wonderful illustration of the Church, the bride of Christ, focusing and finding strength in her heavenly Husband in her time of tribulation. Then and only then will she have inner peace and comforting faith in the midst of her hard labor.
Peter, the follower of the Master spoke of exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4).
May we all, in our the times of life-giving hard labor, focus on these Promises Adonai gave us in His Word, that we also, like King David, may both lay ourselves down in peace and sleep.
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