Psalm 4

Before reading Psalms, I didn’t really think I was able to relate to King David. I’ve never been a king, I’ve never had to hide from my enemies in the desert before, and I don’t really write poetry.

But, to my surprise, I’m relating to him so much. All those years that I had trouble sleeping, God was teaching me to trust Him- really trust Him. Verse 4, “meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still.” My mom told me to do a version of this when I was little and my nightmares were just starting. She told me to pray and to say out loud that I’m a child of God and Jesus loves me. I would repeat it over and over, trembling and sometimes crying, and even though I was trying to trust God, I was still afraid. Now, it even happened last night, I can be still and meditate on the Lord when I’m afraid. Last night I was not demonically attacked, but I was woken up by a loud noise that scared me. I remembered Psalm 3 (by the goodness of the Holy Spirit) in which David proclaimed that he would sleep and wake up because the Lord would sustain him through the night and that he wasn’t afraid. I meditated on this word and thanked God and was asleep in no time. I even pray in my sleep! All those years of suffering through the night taught my soul how to respond to fear- by turning to God. He has never failed me.

I didn’t realize that David struggled with sleep like I did or that by reading Psalms all of this would be brought out of me. It goes to show that God has a BIG plan, that we can’t even comprehend and I’m so thankful to be His. Psalm 4:3, “But know that the Lord has set apart for Himself him who is godly; the Lord will hear when I call to Him.” Praise God, Hallelujah, what a beautiful blessing to be set apart and heard by the One Most High!