I lie down and sleep,

I wake again

because the Lord sustains me.

I am not afraid of the thousands of people

who have taken their stand against me on every side.

Psalm 3:5-6

A feather bed on a battlefield.
            With the Lord as his encompassing shield,
                           David could lie down in complete faith.  

I don't think he even knew if he would wake up again the next morning.  It just didn't matter anymore.  He looked out on the angry throngs around him,
                                      he heard their jeering threats,
                                                  he cried out to the only one above the reach of their weapons.

The charge of his desperate prayer?
                         Not a strategy for battle
                                        or a plan for escape,
                                             not a promise of great victory tomorrow,
                               
just sleep.

         Lie down,
                      relax,
                           rest in the faith
                                        of the one
                                                who holds you in his hands.