There is a stillness where God is God. I am not there yet. I decided to rest last night rather than post this entry. It was because I thought that I could beon my bed and contemplate God quietly. I thought that would put Psalm 62 into practice. However, I fell asleep. I lay on my bed thinking of God after I woke up, but I could hear my wife potty training our two-year-old and I couldn’t detach from the stress and be still. I know that this stillness with God is a stillness of assurance. I know that it is a confident assumption that God is going to make everything come together. I know that the stillness with God is apart from the raging storms of life all around. However, with our son being possessive of his toys and potty training, with a 1.5 year old house guest,with an upcoming garage sale, I find it hard to detach and rest. I know the truth in my mind,but I do not experience it yet. I pray that despite the constant motion all around me, I wouldbe still and assured of God’s deliverance.
Psalm 62
For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.
1 Truly my soul finds rest in God;
my salvation comes from him.
2 Truly he is my rock and my salvation;
he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.
3 How long will you assault me?
Would all of you throw me down—
this leaning wall, this tottering fence?
4 Surely they intend to topple me
from my lofty place;
they take delight in lies.
With their mouths they bless,
but in their hearts they curse.[b]
5 Yes, my soul, find rest in God;
my hope comes from him.
6 Truly he is my rock and my salvation;
he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
7 My salvation and my honor depend on God[c];
he is my mighty rock, my refuge.
8 Trust in him at all times, you people;
pour out your hearts to him,
for God is our refuge.
9 Surely the lowborn are but a breath,
the highborn are but a lie.
If weighed on a balance, they are nothing;
together they are only a breath.
10 Do not trust in extortion
or put vain hope in stolen goods;
though your riches increase,
do not set your heart on them.
11 One thing God has spoken,
two things I have heard:
“Power belongs to you, God,
12 and with you, Lord, is unfailing love”;
and, “You reward everyone
according to what they have done.”
Questions
- How do verses one and two repeat the same idea?
- What does not bring safety and rest?
- How willeach be rewarded? Why would this encourage the psalmist?
- In what ways do you need stillnessand peace?
- How do we need to change how we live to bring stillness and peace in God?
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