I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; For You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety. (Psalm 4:8).
Yesternight I took an evaluation of my week. This week has been exceptionally hectic. Too many lows than highs. A lot of disappointments. Day after day I had promises broken, and appointments rescheduled. It is the kind of week that can break even the strongest man. My “enemies were many” – their name is Legion. I found myself fighting against the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the pride of life. On more than one occasion I lost my cool and actually threatened a business partner.
As I lay in bed the name “Legion” kept playing in my head. Then I smiled. For I remembered Elisha telling his servant boy,
“Do not be afraid, … for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” (2 Kings 6:16),
and the apostle John says,
“You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world” (1 John 4:4).
So, they can be Legion, but He who is for me is greater than all that can be against me”. He is stronger than the strong man. He is Christ, the Power of God.
So if you feel the way I felt, weighed down by disappointments, beaten down with trials and afflictions, buffeted by storms in the middle of the night, struggling with your flesh and pride. Fear Not! When the storm has reached its peak, when your night is at its darkest, when the fires have been heated up a hundredfold when Legion is unleashed, the voice that hushed the storms of old, will speak to your situation. It will issue the same divine command – “Peace, be still” – and you will find that great calm in your soul.
So when I laid down yesternight, it was on the “all power” of Jesus that I laid. He was the pillow for my aching head, for my troubled heart, for my agitated soul. He disarmed all my fears and quieted my agitated spirit. The last thought before sleep overtook me was “I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; For You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety”. This morning I woke up feeling very refreshed because Jesus passed this way!