Psalm 4:1-8

Have you ever laid down at night, closed your eyes, and your mind just wouldn’t stop?

You’re tired in your body but wide awake in your soul.

Your heart is racing with worries.

Your thoughts are chasing tomorrow.

Your peace feels like it’s on the other side of something you can’t control.

Psalm 4 is God’s reminder that peace isn’t found when the problems go away—peace is found when God draws near.

David wrote this psalm in one of the darkest nights of his life. His family was in turmoil. His reputation was under attack. His future was uncertain. But in the middle of all that chaos, he said something that almost seems strange:

“I will both lie down in peace, and sleep,

For You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.” (Psalm 4:8)

David didn’t find peace because everything was perfect.

He found peace because God was present.

A few verses earlier he says, “The LORD has set apart the godly for Himself.”

That means you are not forgotten.

You are not overlooked.

You are not abandoned.

God knows exactly where you are and what you’re facing, and He has set His love upon you.

The world around us is full of people saying, “Who will show us any good?”

Translation:

“Is anything ever going to get better?”

“Is anyone in control?”

“Is there any hope in sight?”

But David says that God puts a gladness in His people that runs deeper than circumstances—

a joy that the world can’t give, and the world can’t take away.

And here’s the truth the Lord keeps whispering to His people through Psalm 4:

If God is awake, you don’t have to be.

If God is in control, you don’t have to be.

If God is your safety, you can rest in His arms.

Tonight, when your head hits the pillow, preach this to your own heart:

“The same God who carried me through today will carry me through tomorrow.”

Peace doesn’t come from having a perfect life.

Peace comes from having a perfect Savior.

Rest well tonight, knowing this:

You are set apart, you are heard, you are loved, and you are safe in Him.