R.I.P or Rest in Peace With God DailySample

Magnify the Lord

I wonder how David, who was hiding in a cave, trying to avoid capture from his son who wanted him dead, was able to rest in peace. David didn’t turn over to sleep until he turned over his problems to God. David began an honest prayer by telling God just how he felt about things. We, too, must be honest with God about what we are feeling. David laid it all out before the Lord, Who, What, When, Where, and How.

That’s where many of us might have stopped our prayers right there and gotten up. But David didn’t; he stayed on his knees until he also told God that he knew that He was able to deliver him out of all his troubles. That’s when the Bible says that David received sleep to Rest in Peace.

David encouraged himself in the Lord by magnifying the Lord. Magnification doesn’t make something bigger; it means making our view of what we are looking at bigger. Sometimes, it’s not that our problems are too big but that our view of God is too small. We need to magnify what the Lord can do. Lord, my problems are big, but you are bigger. Lord, my problems are scary, but you are fearless. Lord, I feel like I am in over my head, but I won’t worry because I know that everything has been placed under your feet. See how just reading this makes you feel at peace. Try it for yourself, magnify the Lord in your circumstances, and watch His peace get magnified in you.

Father God, we thank you that you are our peace. We magnify your name. In Jesus' name, amen