62:1 No matter what the situation was, David waited on God's will to unfold. Trust in God and the inevitable arrival of His presence and plan allows us to have solemnity within chaotic circumstances. Rather than panic, rather than react with fear and complicate matters, wait for God. And while waiting: pray.
6:2 Choose God to be your only rock. Place what matters to you exclusively on God as a foundation. As in Matthew 7 and Luke 6, build your house, your life, upon the rock. The unshakable establishment: the kingdom of God.
“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”Know that neither rain nor storm, nor force nor person can move you when you are founded in God.
62:3-4 Because of his confidence in God, David spoke defeat to his enemies. When our full confidence is in God, in times of distress and as fear encroaches, we can speak defeat to that which against us. We can do so because our God has already declared victory. We know that because Saul couldn't kill David; Jezebel couldn't find Elijah; Noah escaped flood; Joseph left the prison; Daniel survived the lions den. We know that as righteous children of God, nothing has power over us because our God has already won the war.
Find peace in contemplating that your enemies have already been sentenced to defeat by your Advocate.
62:5 Anticipate nothing but the presence and power of God over your life. David's expectation was from God and it gave him the peace to live patiently as life unfolded.
6:6-7 In his psalm, in his prayers, David highlighted what God was for him. Define what God is for you, as a reminder and as a confidence because life will pry the hope and strength out of you if you do not know precisely Who your God is and His capabilities. You need to know how much and how capably He loves you.
This verse defines God as:
My Rock
My Salvation
My Defense
My Glory
My Strength
My Refuge
From all sides, from every position, God is our support and provision, our defense and leader.
62:8 Let there be no separation between you and God, no gaps in your relationship. Pour your whole self out to Him: your hopes and dreams and fears and sorrows and questions. Trust Him at all times because lapses of trust in God are hard and painful and regressive. We need Him and humanity needs people who are connected with God.
62:9-10 Do not hitch your heart or fulfillment on wealth or status or power. Humans who do so are vapid and have no substance, no weight on God's scales. Only those whose wealth is the love of God and whose power is in God are valued by the kingdom of God.
62:11-12 Power belongs to God; no man can possess it or wield it, even though many are convinced they can. Like Daniel and Joseph, true leaders take instruction from God and accept no reverence for themselves. Power and judgement, the gift of mercy, is God's and He expertly decides in what measure.
