September 13, 2017 - - Psalm 62:1,5 Wait for God
/Truly my soul silently waits for the God;
From Him comes my salvation.
My soul, wait silently for God alone,
For my expectation is from Him.
Psalm 62:1,5 NKJV
Much of life is spent waiting. Each morning I pass by a long, long line of cars, filled with people anxiously waiting at the local coffee shop for their first cup of joe. People wait for their cable or internet installation date and time. We live in an age of instant gratification, but must cope with the fact much of our lives are spent waiting.
It was no different for the writer of this Psalm. He had celebrated, perhaps early in the morning, the fact that his soul waits for God's salvation. Sin is vanquished by the power of Christ. The punishment for sin has been paid. The believer knows the justice of God will be meted out at the end of history. All wrongs, every single evil, will be paid out in full against every perpetrator. The torment of hell awaits those who refuse Jesus and His salvation. It is sobering.
In the next verse I have referenced, the psalmist is clearly telling his soul to wait for God. Read the whole of Psalm 62. You'll read of turmoil and how life is just a morning fog. The evil continue to do evil and it seems the people of God have to wait to see God's mercy and justice.
When the turmoil, wickedness, and scheming of mankind, or a co-worker, or a family member, or a fellow pew-sitter threaten to overwhelm you, tell your soul: "wait on God." Quietly trust Him. The Spirit of God will hold you fast in Christ until justice and peace take hold. As you wait on the Spirit, you may notice also, sins you must confess and wrongs that you need to make right. Commit yourself to walking this difficult way. It is the reason Christ the King has come to this earth, and now rules in heaven, so that sins may be confessed and forgiven. Christ can bring restoration to ruined sinners so that from the wreckage we make of our lives He forges saints by the fires of those trials of offering and receiving forgiveness from real people and real painful situations.
Spirit, Who brings order out of chaos, still the boiling and bubbling of my soul. Let me wait in quiet confidence for the salvation of Jesus to unfold. Help me to be a light-house for Jesus' peace when so much around me is stormy. Remind me to preach to my own soul also the sure hope that is mine in Christ. Let me wait on You, so that I will know what needs to be confessed, what needs to be made right with You and with the people You have placed in my life. Then prompt me to pray for those around me and to witness to them, knowing that in the Name of Jesus, others can know the joyful expectation of His salvation. Amen.
