Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

Psalm 3

I cried out loud to the Lord,

And He heard me from His holy hill.

I lay down and slept;

I awoke, for the Lord gave rest (Psalm 3:4).

Conscience shakes me awake in the middle of the night. I think of things done and undone. I toss and turn.  

David understood. He had a lot on his conscience and his enemies made the most of it. 

Unlike David, my enemies are not Hittites, Amorites, or the members of my own family, but the enemies of my soul, Satan and his band of busy accusers: ”Your sins are many; not even God can help you" (3:1,2).

David, on his part, though conscience-plagued, cried out to the LORD, “and the Lord heard (him).”

We’re not told what God said. It’s only important to know that David could turn to his Father in his guilt and shame, and that his Father heard him.

Amazing grace!

David Roper

10.5.19