“WAIT IN SILENCE!”

 Psalm 62                                (ESV)

My Soul Waits for GOD Alone

To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

    [1] For GOD alone my SOUL WAITS IN SILENCE;

        from HIM comes my salvation. 

    [2] HE alone is my rock and my salvation,

        my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken.

    [3] How long will all of you attack a man

        to batter him,

        like a leaning wall, a tottering fence? 

    [4] They only plan to thrust him down from his high position.

        They take pleasure in falsehood.

    They bless with their mouths,

        but inwardly they curse. Selah

    [5] For GOD alone, O my soul, “WAIT IN SILENCE”,

        for my hope is from HIM. 

    [6] HE only is my rock and my salvation,

        my fortress; I shall not be shaken. 

    [7] On GOD rests my salvation and my glory;

        my mighty rock, my refuge is GOD.

    [8] Trust in HIM at all times, O people;

        pour out your heart before HIM;

        GOD is a refuge for us. Selah

    [9] Those of low estate are but a breath;

        those of high estate are a delusion;

    in the balances they go up;

        they are together lighter than a breath. 

    [10] Put no trust in extortion;

        set no vain hopes on robbery;

        if riches increase, set not your heart on them.

    [11] Once GOD has spoken;

        twice have I heard this:

    that power belongs to GOD, 

    [12]  and that to YOU, O LORD, belongs steadfast love.

    For YOU will render to a man

        according to his work.”

Sometimes GOD requires us to move rapidly, such as Moses and the Children of Israel when the crossing of the Red Sea began to take place. But sometimes HE wants us to WAIT ON THE LORD (Psalms 27:14)!  They key for us is doing what we are LED to do, WHEN we are being led, and HOW we are led!  

Perhaps the greatest warrior in all of the BIBLE is King David.  He is the writer of most of the Psalms.  One might believe that King David was a ruthless, almost maniacal man who slaughtered his enemies without disdain.  However he was able to write some of the Psalms (such as the one above) illustrating his great love for THE LORD, a man after GOD’S OWN HEART (2 Samuel 13:14).  

This same man, a man after GOD’s OWN HEART, also sinned, and not just with Bathsheba.  He failed to follow what GOD’S PLAN was for his life more than a few times, but not nearly as much as this servant fails!  Perhaps the closest I ever came to NOT sinning against HIM was the 17 days I was in a COMA in 2007.  It was as if ALMIGHTY GOD was showing me how much HE didn’t need me to assist HIM in anything, not even breathing!!!

For me to “WAIT IN SILENCE” is almost an impossible feat!  GOD has displayed that HE doesn’t require ANYTHING from me.  HE “allows” me to be used by HIM, and for HIM, to fulfill HIS PLAN, and that really excites me!  Why shouldn’t I be excited to “WAIT IN SILENCE”, for HE IS GOD, and I am just here to GLORIFY HIS NAME!!!