Reflections From the Psalms
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me. (Ps. 3:5)
One of the greatest sources of spiritual paralysis in the life of the believer is pre-occupation with SELF. We do this in two ways — either we are constantly fussing over our sins and faults and trying to fix ourselves and make ourselves right, or we are continually exalting our value and worth. Both are from the same source and same error. Indeed, they are our only two options if we do not know Jesus Christ.
The Truth of Jesus Christ — if we really come into an inward realization of Christ — will not condemn us or exalt us. Indeed, the Truth will set us free from ourselves. This is a condition only possible if Christ is revealed IN US, and it is completely outside of human capability otherwise. You cannot get free from self by trying to get free from self — by practicing any religion, even if based in the Bible, nor by human effort of any kind. You must be born from above and given a new capacity in Christ. In Him alone is such freedom realized. The result is that we are able to lose our lives into His hands — we are able to, by faith in HIM, leave ourselves alone.
We can lay down and sleep with regards to ourselves, because we know that it is the Lord who is our sustenance, indeed, it is Christ who is our life.