Psalm 3 - Confidently Trusting God

The author of Psalm 3 is David.  He is confidently trusting God for protection and peace.

 

"O Lord, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me! Many are saying of me, God will not deliver him.  But you are a shield around me, O Lord; you bestow glory on me and lift up my head."  ~Psalm 3:1-3

 

When circumstances go against us, it is tempting to think that God also is against us. But David reminds us that the opposite is true. When everything seems to go against us, God is still for us. If circumstance has turned against you, don't blame God - seek Him!

 

"To the Lord I cry aloud, and he answers me from his holy hill." ~Psalm 3:4

 

David knew that God could not be confined to any space, but he wrote poetically, expressing confidence that God would hear him when he prayed. God responds to us when we urgently pray to him.

 

"I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me." ~Psalm 3:5

 

Sleep does not come easily during a crisis.  David could have had sleepless nights when his son Absalom rebelled and gathered an army to kill him. But he slept peacefully, even during the rebellion. What made the difference? David cried out to the Lord, and the Lord heard him.  The assurance of answered prayer brings peace. It is easier to sleep well when we have full assurance that God is in control of circumstances. If you are lying awake at night worrying about circumstances you can't change, pour out your heart to God, and thank him that he is in control. Then sleep will come.