Don’t you love it when, after years of reading the “Old Book” passages become alive, reinforcing old teachings or simply warming your heart.
This is the book of Psalms, and it is rich.
I pray I can communicate a portion of the blessing we receive from this wonderful book.
Psalm 62:1 To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.
Psalm 62:2 He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken.
As I take my time through the Psalms, I have an increased realization of the impact family conflict has on the Psalmist.
The Psalm we are entering this morning has no petitions to God, pleadings to God, requests of God, or praising to God. The Psalmist is quiet before God, having expressed his concerns previously.
He is alone with God.
But ever the curious fellow, I sought to understand what prayers and petitions were offered to God in which David was resting upon, in which he could simply express that it was only him and the Lord, and that he was content in this situation. What I found, thanks to Blue Letter Bible, was a timeline of each of the Psalms and their likely cause of writing, along with the time of their writing.
This little table was somewhat shocking, for in it we find that the a greater number of Psalms were written due to Absalom than I would have guessed. He surely was a thorn in David’s side, and his petitions to God were many during this rebellion.
With this understood, let us remember that during the upheaval and treachery of this time, that David had sought refuge and response from his God. In this Psalm David expresses trust only.
Nothing else.
He is alone with God, waiting in silence.
Quite possibly the greatest challenge David faced in life, and he is silent before God. No requests, no wrestling with Him. Simply recounting that God is the decider, the One in charge, the One who is.
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