Psalm 3

"Loudly I cry to Yahweh,
and he answers me from his holy mountain.
Now I can lie down and go to sleep.
and then awake, for Yahweh has hold of me:
no fear now of those tens of thousands
posted against me wherever I turn."
Psalm 3:3-6

When we find ourselves facing fear what is the first response we have? I know that it isn't always to turn toward God. Sometimes we go back to childhood memories of parents or others telling us; "Grow up there isn't anything to be afraid of!" and we try to surpress our fear and face it alone. Sometimes we allow ourselves to be overcome by the fear and begin to assume the worst that could possibly happen.
But when we turn our face toward God in the midst of the fear things change. The fears that we are facing don't always go away but they take on a new perspective. When we remember that God has a hold of us and will not let us go, in this world and into the next, then the things of this world (as important as they are) become temporary. We begin to see that the trials, dangers, and fears that we face are but for a season in comparison to eternity. We begin to find that sleep does come when we give our fears over to God and trust that his hands are greater than anything we might face here in this world.