God Has Big Shoulders

Scripture:
Psalm 4 (NASB)

Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!
You have relieved me in my distress;
Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

O sons of men, how long will my honor become a reproach?
How long will you love what is worthless and aim at deception? Selah.
But know that the Lord has set apart the godly man for Himself;
The Lord hears when I call to Him.

Tremble, and do not sin;
Meditate in your heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness,
And trust in the Lord.

Many are saying, “Who will show us any good?”
Lift up the light of Your countenance upon us, O Lord!
You have put gladness in my heart,
More than when their grain and new wine abound.
In peace I will both lie down and sleep,
For You alone, O Lord, make me to dwell in safety.

Devotional:

The news always seems to be negative.  Where ever you turn we are seen bad things.  In our small group a comment was made about reporting good news.  A short lived station aired only good news.  It seems that the bad is overwhelming.  It is often asked or commented on how much worse things are today than what they use to be.  I don’t think it is much worse than fifty or a hundred years ago.  After all at the turn of the century there was World War One.  Then World War Two came along.  The atrocities committed then were truly horrible.  Afterwards came the Korean War, oh sorry police action, then Vietnam.  In the late seventies was the hostage situation.  The list can continue to grow.  Things were just as bad though from the Revolutionary War to the turn of the twentieth century.

It is far too easy to focus on the bad and see the doom and gloom.  Even King David had the horrible and awful in his day.  Something awesome that we have is God.  He is good and He is with us.  Verse 8 “In peace I will both lie down and sleep,
For You alone, O Lord, make me to dwell in safety.”  There is has always been good in this world.  It is still there all we have to do is put our focus on the right things.  There are thousands of people finding Christ on just about a daily basis.  Babies are born every day.  Good things happen to us all.  Where is your focus?  The world isn’t bad; it is just full of sinful people.  God is a righteous, loving, and best of all merciful. 

Meditate on God.  Focus on your relationship with Christ.  Let God’s peace fill you.  Let the worries of the world fall upon His shoulders…