You Alone, Make Me Dwell in Safety....

 Be angry, and do not sin.

Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still.

Selah

5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness,

And put your trust in the LORD.

6 There are many who say,

“Who will show us any good?”

LORD, lift up the light of Your countenance upon us.

7 You have put gladness in my heart,

More than in the season that their grain and wine increased.

8 I will both lie down in peace, and sleep;

For You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.—Psalm 4:4-8

The words of Psalm 4 spoke to my heart this morning as I read them.  Beloved, we can’t always rejoice in our circumstances, but we can always rejoice in the Lord!  The Lord reigns...Let His people, rejoice!  

Stand in awe of who He is. Tremble before the One who holds the power of life and death in His hands.  The One who is truly in control. The One who loves us with an everlasting love and upholds us with His righteous right hand.  The fear of the Lord exempts us from every other fear. 

Think on things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, of good report, virtuous, and praiseworthy. Fill your mind with His goodness and the richness of His word. Be still (literally “hands off”) and know that He is God.

"Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD."  Do the next right thing!!  Do not react according to the dictates of your own heart but respond rightly according to His word.  Draw near to Him and He will draw near to you.  Honor Him by trusting Him.  Know that He is your defender. 

You, O Lord, have put gladness in my hearts in both good times as well as bad. Your grace is sufficient.  Your lovingkindness draws me and Your love overwhelms me.   I will not fret nor will I fear.  I will lay down in peace and sleep...casting all my care upon You, for You care for me. You alone make me dwell in safety. 

And the LORD passed before him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, 7 keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children's children to the third and the fourth generation." So Moses made haste and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped.—Exodus 34:6-8