Ps 62 “Wait in Silence”
Waiting is probably one of the hardest things to do. We fret, fume and frame our words to show our exasperation when answers do not come as quickly as we think they should. The psalmist begins his prayer with these words and echoes them again later: “Wait in silence—For God alone I patiently wait.” How does one wait? What do you do while you wait? Is silence hard for you, for me?
The psalmist began to meditate upon the God whom he knew and trusted. “He alone is my protector and deliverer.” The Apostle Paul knew how to wait in times of distress; persecution; famine and all other kinds of things that the archenemy planned for his destruction. But in the midst of this the psalmist and Paul knew this truth: “in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us.”
We can wait because God is immoveable as a rock, steadfastly implanted in our frame. Yet often, like Elijah, we are impatient to know God’s plans. At times like that be still and know that until we hear the still small voice of God we will not know. “Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.” He was sovereign at the beginning and he has not ceased to be. He is our rock, our salvation, our defender, our refuge and our glory because all power belongs to Him.