“Truly my soul waits silently for God alone;
From Him comes my salvation.
He only is my rock and my salvation;
He is my defense;
I shall not be shaken."
Psalm 62:1-2
Anyone who has spent time with children knows how hard it is for them to wait. . .for anything! And God’s children carry that same characteristic. Oh….we can wait for awhile, but, like children, it is usually with wiggles, questions, reminders, growing anxiety, and pleading that becomes demanding.
The writer of this Psalm has clearly come to a level of trust in God that would not have come easily. He has experienced realities that required being saved from danger that threatened him . . . whether physically or emotionally or mentally.
He has needed to find safely in the midst of danger that threatened his life. He has needed a sense of rock-solid help in coping with whatever was shaking him. He longed for a sense of protection from whatever was causing his fears. Something was looming that was shaking him deeply.
It is difficult for us to face experiences that threaten to shake our personal world. When tragedy or dangers come, we impulsively try to fix or escape the situation. I remember two such times in my own life when “what was” dramatically changed in my life . . . and I struggled with a sense of hopelessness, unable to picture any future.
The psalmist has fought that battle, and has learned from experience some solid Truths about where to turn when life has been shaken. He had experienced failed efforts of scrambling for God to fix the situation . . . or to defend himself. . . or plead with God to take it away . . . or to somehow escape it.
But his conclusion after all of those efforts to “fix” the difficult, probably very painful situation has become clear. He has learned from experience all the human efforts that do not bring the solution.
The only true solution rests in God’s Hands. The Rock to Whom we can hold tightly for safety and permanence in the storms of life, and The Defense against all the fears and dangers that shake our life on earth.
Grab on to your Rock, and hold tightly. He knows . . . sees . . . and will bring you through to Safety and Peace.
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