2 Samuel 7; 1 Chronicles 17; Psalms 1-2; 33; 127; 132: There is so much in all that we read today. David’s selfless heart toward God, wanting to make sure that His ark had a beautiful home because it represented the very presence of God. No wonder God loved him and wanted to sustain his family line on the throne. David realized that without God in his life everything else was meaningless and vain. Thus he writes:

Psalm 127:1 Unless the Lord builds the house,
those who build it labor in vain.
Unless the Lord watches over the city,
the watchman stays awake in vain.
2 It is in vain that you rise up early
and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious toil;
for he gives to his beloved sleep.

This weekend I taught on peace and we talked about the opposite of peace is anxiety and restlessness. When you build your life on Christ and rest on Him for your strength and to guide you, you truly do have security and peace. The security is not always in things always working out the way you want, but it is in the assurance that God’s got you in the midst of your storm. He will be your refuge and strength in times of trouble. He gives us sweet sleep and rest because we know He has got us and our situation. If he can lay the foundations of the earth and create everything from nothing, you know He can handle whatever is the storm of your life. Rest sweet child, He has got it and you.