Sunday Psalms;

I wait quietly before God, 

for my victory comes from him.

He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will never be shaken.

So many enemies against one man - all of them trying to kill me. 

To them I'm just a broken-down wall or a tottering fence.

They plan to topple me from my high position. 

They delight in telling lies about me. 

They praise me to my face but curse me in their hearts. 

Selah.

Psalms 62:1-4 NLT 

Look at the list of opposition and oppression that David is expressing here...there's something here that all of us have experienced (or may be experiencing today).

The betrayal of being praised to your face but that being faked. 

The lies others have said.

Being seen as an old fence that is past it, of no use, of no value. 

But David starts this song with his antidote:

1. Knowing, reminding himself that he is held by God, that no matter what, nothing can separate him from God. 

Nothing.

2. He waits. Before God. 

There's a difference between waiting on God and waiting before Him. 

Waiting before God is quite a thing to consider and try to do. 

Hard to hold this if you live in Gaza or the Ukraine or many other places around the world. Hard to hold if the place you live is oppressive, unfair, unjust, destructive. 

And yet David facing some similar things encourages us to remind ourselves that God is our refuge, nothing can change that, and to wait before Him.

You are beloved.

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