TweetPsalm 62:1, “For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.” I have been spending a lot of time meditating on and praying through this Psalm these days. It is one of my favorite Psalms. There are times in my life with God when I have to press in, push through, cry out to God for victory. There are times that I have felt God calling me to go after a spiritual victory, to claim promises, to pray and fast for an answer from heaven, to engage in the spiritual battlefield for conquest. Paul said that our battle was not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and rulers in the heavenly realms. There are times we need to pray through an issue and it involves intense seeking and crying out to God. The old timers knew about this – they spoke about importunate prayer. Praying through until the answer came. And I think we need more of that in the church today. But, there is also a time to rest. David, who penned Psalm 62, was a great warrior. A king. He knew about battle. He was a fierce fighter. He also was a man of prayer, a seeker after God, and he knew about importunate prayer. But, he also knew there were times when all we could do was wait on God. We had prayed through. We had claimed our promises. And now all that was left was to wait on God in silence; wait on God to deliver the victory. In the pressing in prayer there is great exertion. In the waiting in silence prayer there is rest and restoration. Few things restore my soul as much as solitude and silence. As I wait on God in silence, I realize so little depends on me. As I wait on God in silence, I am strengthened by His presence. As I wait on God in silence, my need to control the outcomes of life’s circumstances drains and heaven’s peace comes. “For God alone my soul waits in silence; from Him comes my salvation.” God alone. God alone can supply what I need. God alone can restore my soul. God alone can bring about our most needed victories.

So I wait in trust filled silence. I highly encourage you to take 10 minute retreats several days per week where you sit before The Lord in silence. Don’t say anything or pray anything. Just fix your loving attention on Jesus. When your mind wanders, bring it back to Jesus. Try it for a few months. Stick with it and see the benefits to your soul.

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