A man has created a safety bed  which he claims will provide protection against hurricanes, tornadoes, thieves, kidnappers and terrorists. The inventor’s website calls it “the safest rest you’ve ever had.”

When a motion sensor detects a threat, the ‘Quantum Sleeper’ automatically folds up around its occupant. Inside the bulletproof canopy an alarm awakens the protected sleeper, who can spray tear gas on the intruder—or watch a film on the DVD player while waiting out a storm. Even so, I suspect that not even an armoured bed can guarantee a good night’s sleep untouched by anxiety or fear.

Psalm 4:4-5 has a three part recipe for finding peace in a troubled world: When you’re angry, don’t express it by disobeying God. Live sacrificially, putting your trust in the Lord. An old hymn affirms this biblical instruction:

Leaning, leaning, safe and secure from all alarms;

Leaning, leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms.

David concluded his psalm, “I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; for You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety” (v.8). And that is without a doubt the safest rest we’ll ever have.

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David C. McCasland

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