Thu, 15 September, 2005: Today’s Bible readings.

Psalm 62:5-7

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.

This is another Psalm of David. We don’t know the circumstances that led David to write this Psalm, but we see that someone is again lying about him. ³ How long will all of you attack a man to batter him, like a leaning wall, a tottering fence? ⁴ They only plan to thrust him down from his high position. They take pleasure in falsehood. They bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse.

David is very distraught about this attack, and so he brings his complaint before God.

What do we learn from this?

It is interesting that our Family 1 reading for today is David’s sin with Bathsheba. But in this, our Secret 2 reading, we see why David was called a man after God’s own heart. Despite all his failings, and they were tremendous failings, David continued to throw himself upon God as his only hope and refuge. Whenever he faced difficult times, David fled to God. And as David came to God in silent expectation, trusting only in God, he found salvation and peace with God.

When he had peace with God, how could he be shaken in the circumstances? And thus David could write such a Psalm.

Where is Christ in this passage?

When we flee to God for refuge, when we come to Him as our only hope, when we seek Him for salvation, we are coming to Him through Jesus Christ. It is only because of the substitutionary death of Jesus Christ, as He died for the sins of all those who come to Him in faith, and because of His perfect life that is credited to them, that anyone can find refuge, hope and salvation in God.

David came to God by trusting in the substitute God had provided for his salvation. David came to God through faith in Jesus Christ.