There are many who say, "Who will show us some good? Lift up the light of your face upon us, O Lord!"

 

You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound.

 

In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.

 

Psalm 4:6-8 ESV

 

In troubled times everyone around you is crying out for better times – jobs, money, health, family…  "O Lord!"

 

Yet there you sit.  Contentment in your eyes.  A smile sneaking across your face.  Happier than a farmer with a bumper crop.

 

And as night falls and others toss and turn and pace the floors, you sleep.  You sleep soundly.  You sleep until the day dawns and joy fills your heart anew.

 

"How?" you are asked.

 

"The Lord alone," you reply.

 

Your security is not in jobs, money, health, family…

 

Your security is in the Lord alone.  The Lord who hung the stars and carved out the ocean depths.  The Lord who owns the cattle of a thousand hills and is keeper of all the birds winging across the sky.  The Lord who breathed life into dust and holds the hearts of kings.

 

He and He alone puts you to bed at night.  He and He alone wakes you in the morn.  He and He alone is the joy that fills your every waking moment.

 

I pray that indeed He is for you.