Rest...

As I was reading Psalm 3 right now it really hit me today how so many times we can have "those" types of days like David. David at the time was at another time of running, this time from the wrath of his very own son, Absalom, which sought to kill him. I can only imagine the thoughts of David as he sat down, after a very hard day, yet another time which a man after God's own heart found himself now again in the same position, same struggle, and same mess which has hit him time after time..."Why must I continue to run..." David was at a point that his very own thought began to say, "There is no help for him in God"; yet his heart still trusted and believed that no matter what storm he was walking in, even though it felt all too familiar, he knew that the Lord was his shelter. One thing that I've learned in walking with the Lord is that the storms always come, yet the Lord is always there to be our shelter, our refuge. Even in the midst of hiding in the Lord though we can be overwhelmed within our thoughts, but we must look to the Lord, the lifter of our head and thoughts! His ways, His thoughts, His plans are always HIGHER than ours, yet at times we can get so stuck in the low parts that we stay in the valley. Yet even there, the Lord hears us, as it says in verse 4 that the Lord hears us from His Holy Hill. Though at times it seems to wonder if He is there, He never leaves us.

The biggest difference though between actually knowing God and knowing of God is the times of trials and hardships, can you really find rest?

You cannot dream unless you have rest, and sometimes as even believers we can get caught up in the moments of life, even in serving the Lord and not have rest. David laid down and he SLEPT, it was a thing which no matter what was going on around him, he still had peace, joy, and comfort.

Many lie down, and cannot sleep, because of the pains of the body, or anguish of mind, or the continual fears in the night.

David though he had 10,000 men against him, He didn't fear because the Lord was at his side. I know at times it seems like the attacks keep coming, our thoughts becoming more futile, heavy, and feeling tossed like the wind, yet HE calms the storms as we rest in Him.

He gives rest to the weary.

Are you done yet though? Are you done doing it your way? Are you done worrying? Will you trust the one which is right there to be your shelter?

ALL I know is that I find rest in you....that's all I NEED to know...