God Alone

 

Scripture Text

Psalm 62:5-8

Intro: God has said about King David that he was a man after His own heart, and these scriptures for today help us to understand why God might have said this about David. He had put God first in his life and even though David was going through a time of great danger and distress when he penned this Psalm, he kept his faith in God and looked to Him alone no matter what.

I. God Alone Provides Soul Rest and Hope. Psalm 62:5 (NKJV)
⁵  My soul, wait silently for God alone, For my expectation is from Him. People look many places and try many things to find rest for their souls, but they will never find soul rest in anything on this earth. King David also needed soul rest and he knew the only place a person can find that rest, and he shares with us what he had discovered in his life. We would be wise to heed his advise. Read verse 5a! David had learned to wait upon the Lord and find rest for his troubled soul in God alone. Where are you looking to find rest for your soul? You can take a vacation or time off from work, but then you have to come back and face the realities of life all over again. God's rest for your soul will completely satisfy you and give you the strength you need to face every situation or circumstance. David said in the last part of verse 5b “my hope (confident expectation) comes from the Lord.” David was a man of God who was committed to Him and would go with God regardless of what the outcome might be. Other men would have become bitter, but not David. You can never be disappointed when your hope comes from God and your expectations are placed in Him.

II. God Alone Provides Security and Stability. Psalm 62:6 (NKJV)
⁶  He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be moved. The metaphor of a rock symbolizes something that is secure and stable in a persons life and never moves. That something in David's life was God alone. God can be counted on through every storm one has to face in life. There's a hymn we sing “When darkness seems to hide His face, I rest on His unchanging grace, In every high and stormy gale, My anchor holds within the veil. On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand, all other ground is sinking sand.” David says not only is God his rock, but He is also his salvation. He knew all salvation comes from God, whether it be soul salvation or salvation from the things we face in this life. David then says God is his defense, his fortress or security. What or who are you placing your security and stability in? Everything and everyone on earth will fail you. Only in God alone can we look for security and stability, and when we do David says we will not be shaken. Isaiah 40:25 (NLT) “To whom will you compare me? Who is my equal?” asks the Holy One. God cannot be compared to anyone or anything. He knows everything about His Creation and sustains it. There is no real security and stability apart from God.

III. God Alone Provides Salvation and Glory. Psalm 62:7 (NKJV) ⁷  In God is my salvation and my glory; The rock of my strength, And my refuge, is in God. David knew without God's innumerable deliverance's, he would have been crushed by his foes. The same is true for us. God saves us every day from things we don't even realize. The devil would destroy us if God wasn't protecting us. If God was not our Shepard, we would get into situations that would bring us harm or destruction. The only honor or glory we have comes from God. He made us in His image and crowned us with His glory. The metaphor of a mighty rock symbolizes God is mighty in our lives and He is our strongest support through all we will ever face. He is our refuge or hiding place. When we are seeking a place of peace and safety from the storms of life, we find it in God our refuge.

IV. God Alone Can Be Trusted At All Times. Psalm 62:8 (NKJV)⁸  Trust in Him at all times, you people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah! David says to us by his example to be encouraged and learn to trust God at all times. Because God is all the things mentioned in verses 5-7 David instructs all God's people to pour out their hearts before Him in continual trust, making known all the desires, cares, and griefs of our hearts to him freely and frequently, with confident expectation of obtaining what we want or desire from him, realizing He is our Refuge, which means "shelter from all danger."

Invitation: Have you confessed your sins to Jesus and asked Him to forgive you, and are you trusting fully in Christ the solid Rock for your salvation and security? If not, now is the perfect time to do that. Be baptized to show your sincerity. You'll be thankful you did.