Psalm 62 - "The Believer's Declaration of Trust in God Alone" - Part 1

 

Psalm 62 A Psalm of David  KJV Commentaries by Dennis Edwards

Psalm 62:1 Truly my soul waits upon God: from Him comes my salvation.

A common theme throughout the Scripture is that of “waiting on the Lord.” In Habakkuk 2:3 we read, “For the vision is yet for a time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.”

In Psalm 27:13-14 we find, “I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.”

In Isaiah 40:30-31 “Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fail: but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”

The waiting is keeping that strong personal relationship with the Lord. It’s staying attentive to His still small voice throughout the day. It is not forgetting what the Lord has said in Hi word. It is incorporating the heavenly vision into our daily lives. It’s keeping the vision that our home is not here, but rather, that we are strangers and pilgrims upon the earth.

Jesus gave various warnings about those waiting for His return to stay active in His work and obedient to their calling. He warned in Mark 4:18-19, “And these are they which are sown among the thorns; such as hear the word, and the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word and it becomes unfruitful.” They lose the heavenly vision because they are overly occupied with the earthly one.

Jesus also spoke of the ten virgins waiting for the bridegroom. The story goes, “As the bridegroom tarried, they slumbered and slept.” Matthew 25:4. Sleeping on the job, doesn’t have a happy ending. However, five of the virgins were sufficiently obedient, that they had oil in their lamps. The oil represents the Holy Spirit. Samuel poured oil upon the heads of Saul and later David. As Samuel did so, he prayed, they would receive the Holy Spirit.

In Acts 5:32, we read, “God gives the Holy Spirit to them that obey Him.” The five virgins had kept busy with the Lord’s work while they were waiting for His return. They hadn’t let the cares of this world, or the deceitfulness of sin enter in. They had kept their eyes on Jesus. They kept looking unto Him. They had stayed faithful to their calling.

The other five virgins weren’t as faithful. They knew they Lord would be returning, but they didn’t have sufficient oil in their lamps. Suddenly the word came that the Lord was returning. The foolish virgins were unprepared. They thought they could start being more obedient tomorrow. When the call came, they were unprepared. Instead of having oil in their lamps, through their constant obedience to the Lord, they had slacked off. They were negligent. Their lamps had gone out.

They had fallen asleep, like Jesus disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane. Jesus had warned them to watch and pray lest they fall into temptation. The five virgins hadn’t watched and prayed. They hadn’t stayed vigilant. They slept and were disobedient to their heavenly called. Like Demas, Apostle Paul’s follower, they had loved this present world, more than the heavenly one.

They had forgotten their first love. Their love had cooled off and they had become lukewarm. They became preoccupied with the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life. We need to be waiting on the Lord, not sleeping, not eating and drinking and partying. The Lord may come at a moment for us, and we be not ready.

Luke 21:34-36 “And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with over eating, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares, For as a snare it shall come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch therefore, and pray always, that you be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.”

Matthew 24:42-51 “Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore, be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man comes. Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you, that he shall make him ruler over all his goods. But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delays his coming; And shall begin to smite his fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looks not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of.  And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

Watch therefore, lest we be like the five foolish virgins, who had not sufficient oil and their lamps and had to go off to buy. They were left wanting, and the door was shut.

Matthew 25:11-13 “Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man comes.”

It’s the same warning again. The Lord is repeating Himself. He wants us to get the message. He saying the same thing over and over in the Scriptures. He hopes if we don’t hear it one way, we will hear it other.

Does the parable mean at the Rapture only the true active believers will be received in the1st resurrection? Does it mean the lukewarm church will be left behind and will pass through the wrath of God? Does it mean that the false Christian who did many mighty miracles in His name, but never knew Him will get judgment similar to the unbelieving wicked?

It is yet to be seen, but it certainly sounds that way. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Therefore, we should work out our own salvation with fear and trembling. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of understanding. The conclusion of the whole matter is to fear God and keep His commandments. Fear not them that can kill the body, but rather fear Him who can cast both body and soul into outer darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth by those who were not prepared, who were not obedient, who knew their Lord’s will, and didn’t do it.

Psalm 62:2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

In Psalm 61, we went over the imagery of Jesus being the Rock cut out without hands who will come and smash the kingdoms of this world. He will set up His own eternal kingdom, where we shall live for ever and ever. Here’s the link to Psalm 61.

Here's the link to Part 2.