From Him comes my salvation.
He only is my rock and my salvation;
He is my defense;
I shall not be greatly moved.
In all honesty, my soul waits for God. But silently? No, not always. At times it’s more like an ocean in a storm.
“I shall not be greatly moved,” David proclaims. Perhaps slightly moved he was because he continues his psalm:
How long will you attack a man?
You shall be slain, all of you,
Like a leaning wall and a tottering fence.
They only consult to cast him down from his high position;
They delight in lies;
They bless with their mouth,
But they curse inwardly. Selah
This is not a time of peace for David. Selah, or “pause and think quietly about it,” makes us consider for ourselves what these verses mean.
These thoughts of great trouble, confusion, and lies could be in regards to our own personal battles, or our family dynamics, dealing with people, or sickness and bills, or school, finances, or work, car troubles. Each of these can bring us down from a stable position.
The lies that come flooding in from the enemy, for me are: “This is how’s it’s been, forever.” “This is how it will be forever.” “Nothing will ever change, this is all you have forever.”
The Word, a refuge. God speaks and instructs. What did David do?
He talks to his own soul. Psalm 62 proves to instruct me to do the same:
My soul, wait silently for God alone,
For my expectation is from Him.
He only is my rock and my salvation;
He is my defense;
I shall not be moved. Psalm 62:5,6.
David is changed. I’m sure his circumstances haven’t changed. But he has changed.
How?
His eye focus changed to the only rock and salvation. Right now, is there anyone else who needs some corrective glasses, like me. I must focus up, o-n-l-y. Not once and forever, but step by step, moment by moment:
In God is my salvation and my glory;
The rock of my strength,
And my refuge, is in God.
Change is going on. my heart is being moved to increased faith. Satan has no victory. But the next verse caught me by surprise. It no longer uses the word me, or I, but your and us:
Trust in Him at all times, you people;
Pour out your heart before Him;
God is a refuge for us. Selah
Pause and think quietly about this. “You people,” “your heart,” “God is a refuge for us.” We need community. We need each other.
We can all come together and agree, men, (women, all people,) will disappoint. We are all sinners. Not one is exempt from the fall. David writes:
Surely men of low degree are a vapor,
Men of high degree are a lie;
If they are weighed on the scales,
They are altogether lighter than vapor.
Do not trust in oppression,
Nor vainly hope in robbery;
If riches increase,
Do not set your heart on them.
But together, if we remind each other to “look up,” and focus on God, we will not be shaken.
God has spoken once,
Twice I have heard this:
That power belongs to God.
Also to You, O Lord, belongs mercy;
For You render to each one according to his work. Psalm 62.
How we need to talk of His power and mercy. His faithfulness. His grace. We can wait on God, together. We will say to our souls:
wait silently for God alone,
For our expectation is from Him.
He only is our rock and our salvation;
He is our defense;
We shall not be moved.
Selah, We will pause and think quietly about that!
A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. Proverbs 18:24.