An Evening Prayer – Psalm 4

In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety. (Psalm 4:8 ESV) How has your sleep been lately? This question is not necessarily about your nighttime habits or whether your body feels rested in the morning, although those are not unrelated topics. More particularly, is your soul restless, or at peace? Certainly, this sin-cursed world gives us many reasons to long for true rest. Whether you are fearful, or anxious, worried about wars and rumors of wars, burdened by issues in the family or issues at work, or constantly fighting the same sin battle, you may be in need of the rest that David speaks of in verse 8 of Psalm 4. The New Testament also tells us that, through Christ, we can have a “peace that passes all understanding.” All this said, we can have peace, we can have hope, we can rest in God’s care. None of this is to suggest that belief in God makes all our