Psalms 62:1 KJV
Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh
my salvation.
My thoughts are upon just one word; truly.
Many are the people who would claim to wait upon God:
In this present day,
even though the popularity of one form of Christianity or another
appears to be waning, it would still be the case that most of the people we
meet in America
would say that they believe they wait upon God.
·
Every President in American history has finished
his speeches with those words, "May God Bless America
·
We still have "In a God we trust"
stamped in our coins
·
The legislative sessions still begin in prayer
Among those who would not claim Christianity,
there would be a claim to wait upon God.
- Islam, maybe the fastest growing religion in the
world, claims to be waiting upon and following God.
- Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses as well as
Seventh Day Adventists claim the very same.
Even most people who align with no specific religion would be
hesitant to say they have no faith in God.
David takes things further than this broad brushed approach. David
claims that his soul "truly" waits upon God. A simple survey of his
life would confirm that his faith was more than word and sentiment. David
- Trusted
- Depended upon and
- Obeyed what He knew to be the will of God
He did it in good times and in bad. He did it in the moment by moment
events if his life and he did it over the course of his entire life. When he
sinned, he quickly confessed his sins. When he was made to reap the
consequences of sin he did not blame God but praised God for His mercy.
We need a shift from professing some sort of faith to possessing
and practicing true faith.
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