For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him
comes my salvation. (ESV)
Is this
true? Don’t jump to the end of the verse
and start talking about how you believe in Jesus as your Savior. I’m talking about the first part. Do you wait for God? Is He your sole focus so that you are not
expecting anything else, like your own strength or some earthly program, to
save you? Do you wait on Him in silence?
I am struck over
and over again by how much of a frenzy my life is. I am much more like one of the Greek warriors
in the Trojan War, about whom Homer said, “Now here, now there, he darts from
place to place.” I want to work out my
own salvation. I do not mean my eternal
salvation, but I want to make things work out for me in the here and now. I try to make it happen, and when I do pray,
it is not a period of waiting in silence.
I hurl my to-do list at God and say amen.
David was a man after God’s own heart.
God Himself said so. He must have
known something about living a godly life, and unless I miss my guess, this was
anchored in a quiet waiting upon God.
Lord, I know I must seem silly running around trying to accomplish
things on my own. This day I commit to
slowing down. I am also not going to ask
You for anything, at least not with the anxiety of my mind. You know the true needs of my heart. I am simply going to wait on You in
silence. Amen.
Copyright © 2014 by Steven R. Perkins
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