Psalms 3

I was reading in Psalms today and was leveled by what I read when I went over Psalms 3.  David is talking about his enemies being so numerous that he can't even count them.  And then in verse 6 he says, "I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side."
My "enemies" are so much less and yet I have a hard time fighting off fear.  I think we all suffer from  a case of the "what ifs"  What if I loose my job?  What if my wife dies in a car accident?  What if my health fails?  And on and on it goes.  We need to rest in the fact that God has things in control.  Does that mean life will be a bed of roses?  Not by any stretch of the imagination.  It simply means that God will be there to walk us through the hard times.  He will be there to give us strength to go on.  He will be there to give us wisdom with tough choices.  He will be there to comfort us when we are feeling depressed, stressed, sad.  I like how David puts it in verse 3 when he writes, "But you, God, shield me on all sides; You ground my feet, you lift my head high; With all my might I shout up to God, His answers thunder from the holy mountain."

Have you taken the time to lay your troubles at his feet?  Have you taken time to be in his presence?  Far too often I complain or feel that God is not near...yet I don't give him the opportunity to make himself known.  We need to be putting ourselves in the position to hear God speak...and that takes intentional effort.  Sure, God can slap us across the face to get our attention...but I've found that more times than not, God is in the whisper.  And to hear a whisper you have to tune out the distractions around you and focus in on the voice.