It Is Useless For You To Work So Hard From Early Morning Until Late At Night, Anxiously Working For Food To Eat; For God Gives Rest To His Loved Ones.

Psalm 127:2 (NLT)

READ: Psalm 4.

You have put gladness in my heart. —Psalm 4:7.

Try as we might—tossing, turning, fluffing the pillow, pounding the pillow—sometimes we just can’t fall asleep. After offering some good suggestions on how to get a better night’s sleep, a news article concluded that there really is no “right way” to sleep.

There are numerous reasons why sleep eludes us, many of which we can’t do much about. But sometimes unwanted wakefulness is caused by anxious thoughts, worry, or guilt. It’s then that the example of David in Psalm 4 can help. He called out to God, asking for mercy and for God to hear his prayer (v.1). He also reminded himself that…