Psalm 62:5-8 –
5 For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence,
for my hope is from Him.
6 He only is my rock and my salvation,
my fortress; I shall not be shaken.
7 On God rests my salvation and my glory;
my mighty rock, my refuge is God.
8 Trust in him at all times, O people;
pour out your heart before him;
God is a refuge for us.
I think a safe refuge is something we would all like to find these days: the pandemic, the protests, the political fighting, and it is hot outside. In times like this, when we are weary and stressed out, where do we turn? All we want is relief from the patterns of this world, but we usually just settle for a distraction. Don’t get me wrong, there are times that a small problem could be solved by a small distraction, however the soul-aching problems of our lives won’t be fixed by watching another episode of The Office (granted the dinner party episode might come close).
Seriously though, when we face those times in life that it feels the whole world is conspiring against us, we need to look to the one who has overcome the world. This is not easy. We want tangible instructions: this is step one, followed by step two, and finally all my stress is gone. If it takes more than three steps, you might as well tell me it’s impossible. Sadly, sometimes our instructions look more like this: wait.
We don’t know what exactly we are waiting for, but we can trust the one who gave us the instruction. When our ultimate refuge is in God, He is our rock and our salvation, and we can trust that all the stress and uncertainty in the world doesn’t sway Him. Feel your feelings, stress and uncertainty are going to be a part of your life. And when you are in that place of being overwhelmed share that with God, He wants to hear from you His beloved.
We have hope even in uncertainty, even when it means we wait.