“For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God.” — Psalm 62:5-7
Reading through Psalm 62 recently was convicting for me. In particular, verse five stood out to me. In my opinion, our world (myself included) doesn’t like to be silent — especially when something bothers us. Because of this, we text or call friends to complain about the lousy customer experience we just had at a store. We also hop on social media to tell the world our opinion about the news story of the day. Without a doubt, we sure love to make our views heard.
It seems almost counterintuitive to our flesh nature to sit in silence and look to God as our refuge from the distressing situation. Maybe it’s my disillusionment from being filled with mighty thoughts of airing my view/opinion to whoever would listen. But something so otherworldly beckons me to the peace of sitting silently and waiting on the Lord. Indeed, I should follow that call.
Pour Your Heart Out
Let’s go back to Psalm 62:8. We see yet another excellent place to direct our pleas. It’s not where you’ll find the world turning. “Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us.”
Certainly, it’s interesting to correlate our trust in God with our willingness to turn to Him in prayer. It makes me ask myself some questions.
- “Have I prayed about that?” And I mean, really prayed about it? If not, I may not be trusting Him in that situation.
- “Have I turned to other people (even safe places like my wife and close friends) before taking it to my Refuge in prayer?” If not, I’m probably not resting in Him.
- “Have I broadcasted my plight (and side of the story) for the world to hear before pouring out my heart to my Savior?” Then, I am most likely not trusting Him at all times.
Christian, may we wait in silence before the Lord. May we always rest in His protection when we want to take matters into our own hands. And may we forever pour out our hearts to Him, trusting in His ways, before we blab to anyone else.
Grace and peace,
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