Psalm 4:8 The peace of God sustains me!

 Psalm 3:5

I lay down and slept;

I awoke, for the LORD sustained me.

Trust God to keep us in His peace in both the good and the trying times of our life…

God cares for us.

God cares for you.

God cares for me

I care for God!!!

I am able to love others because He first loved me.

Carla

Psalm 4:8

I will both lie down in peace, and sleep;

For You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety. (NKJV)

The peace that God gives is far from a relaxation technique. It is a peace that enables an anxious person to lie down and sleep (3:5). The NKJV Study Bible

The Psalm ends on a note of peaceful tranquility. Just as He has in the past Yahweh has responded, enabling the psalmist to sleep in safety. Faithlife Study Bible 

Leviticus 25:18–19

‘So you shall observe My statutes and keep My judgments, and perform them; and you will dwell in the land in safety. Then the land will yield its fruit, and you will eat your fill, and dwell there in safety.

Deuteronomy 12:10

But when you cross over the Jordan and dwell in the land which the LORD your God is giving you to inherit, and He gives you rest from all your enemies round about, so that you dwell in safety, 

Job 11:18–19

And you would be secure, because there is hope;

Yes, you would dig around you, and take your rest in safety.

You would also lie down, and no one would make you afraid;

Yes, many would court your favor.

Today I guest preached, on Vashon Island. And it is always good to see familiar faces.

My text from Luke’s Gospel, the parable about the mustard seed. Bluntly, you just don’t expect great things from such a minuscule seed. And yet. Apparently, we see only what we want to see.

And in the parable, we learn that the Kingdom of God—the expanding gift of Grace, in compassion and empathy and healing—is grounded in humility and simplicity and unpretentiousness.

So. Instead of grandiosity and show, instead of “performance” and status—and the need to be impressive, which our current world is so allured to—the seed of grace grows from humility and authenticity.

Who knew? From seemingly insignificant beginnings, we see generous and life-giving and transformative growth. Sabbath Moments