God’s Peace is with Us Day and Night

Verses: Psalms 63: 1 - 11

Song inspired by the chapter:  Song has been uploaded from YouTube.com and is not my original.

My thoughts about the verses:

God’s peace is with us all the time.  God’s peace is with us when we are struggling.  God’s peace is with us when we feel alone.  God’s peace is with us as we sleep at night.  God’s peace is with us as we go throughout our day.

This is a beautiful psalm because it is all about praising God.  David is acknowledging that we are never alone.  No matter how big or small the problem we have God with us.  God will ensure that we will have the strength to get through situations.

I am thinking about the moment my grandfather was diagnosed with cancer.  It was a shock to all of our senses.  My family thought that he had simply had a stroke.  That with help he would be able to get back to his old self.  Then all of a sudden we were faced with the reality that we were going to lose him sooner than we ever thought.

He was the underlying strength of our family.  He really had kept the family together.  He was a rock because of his love of God and family.  He was a man that believed in giving things back to the community.  He had peace and wanted to share it with others.

The most amazing thing is when he found out he was sick he didn’t think of himself first.  Instead he started worrying about my grandmother.  He had the peace that he would be going home to his Heavenly Parent.  Yet, he knew that he would be leaving my grandmother behind to face the woes of the world.

His peace came just like David’s because he knew that God was the creator.  He knew that Jesus was his savior.  Even as he faced the inevitable end he was in a state of peace.  He had always said that when his time came he would be ready.  The thing that he wanted was for his family to have that same peace.

I will tell you in the beginning it was really hard to accept what was going on.  Yet, I never once asked God why.  I felt the same peace that he had.  It was because of my grandfather’s illness that I found my way back to Church.  I hadn’t left God and had always felt the peace.  Yet, I felt alienated from the Church, a place where I could worship God with others.  Before my grandfather died I came to his house and told him I had found a church.  I can still see his smile. 

I can tell you that as my life have moved forward from those days I have felt peace like never before.  Even though things have changed over time I know for sure that I will be going home to my Heavenly Parent.  I can feel God’s peace when I am stressed out.  I can feel God’s peace when I am very sick.  I can feel God’s peace when the world is turned upside down.

We need to look at our lives and recognize the peace that comes from having God as our Savior.  If you haven’t found that Peace it is never too late to ask for it.  God deserves our praises because those that have asked God into their life have nothing to fear.  God will help us by giving us the peace that we will need to make it.

Prayer:

Dear God we thank you for being with us in our times of need.  We thank you God for giving us peace in our times of struggle.  Dear God we praise you for being with us no matter the situation.  In the name of our Heavenly Parent we pray.  Amen

Questions:

Have you found the peace of God?  Do you need to ask God into your life?  Are you praising God for the peace that you have?  What do you need to do today to show others the love of God?