Gettin' busy with it

Psalm 4:8, "I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety."

Worry and fear are pesky little boogers...and some of satan's favorite tools. David, being chased by his own son, was able to lay his head down at night and sleep because he knew God had this.  He was waiting for God's timing to handle the situation and laying low, doing his part until the right time.  

I remember when my dad was sick.  I had so many nights with bouts of insomnia...worried about him, worried about my mom, the uncertainty of what lay ahead, present circumstances at the time that were making me unhappy.  It was miserable.  I tried to make the best of it and knocked out some great scrapbooking in those awake times, but a tired Kathy is NOT a happy Kathy...I had no peace and prolonged times of no sleep make you physically sick.

BUT, my walk was different then.  I was saved, but not walking with the Lord.  So when those times came, I relied on myself to get through it until it passed.  I still can have those ugh moments during slumber that awaken me...thoughts of current circumstances that are WAY BELOW my desired level of happiness.  But my response is different.  They wake me up and I get to praying; and in that beautiful time of half-sleep and talking to God, I am lulled into His peace and soon enough sound asleep.

Many times the Bible tells us "Be still..."  "Cast your anxieties on me...I will give you rest..."  I've heard my pastor say it as well when he has talked about how a pastor is able to sleep at night.  When we are being still, God's getting busy with it...doin' His thang.  Ha!  Maybe that's why I love sleeping so much now :)  I'm letting God get busy (He certainly has His work cut out in just the mess of me!).