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Let all that I am wait quietly before God,<\/span>
\n for my hope is in Him.<\/span>
\nHe alone is my Rock and my Salvation,<\/span>
\n my Fortress where I will not be shaken.<\/span>
\nMy victory and honor come from God alone.<\/span>
\n He is my Refuge, a Rock where no enemy can reach me.<\/span>
\nO my people, trust in Him at all times.<\/span>
\n Pour out your heart to Him,<\/span>
\n for God is our Refuge. <\/span>
\nPsalms 62:5-8<\/span><\/p>\n

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I read David’s writings daily. \u00a0Who can’t relate to an awesome king that loved God…yet was extremely human and sought forgiveness when he was wrong. \u00a0There is so much hope and healing in his writings and I find myself praying his words back to God.<\/p>\n

David was a spiritual man and an extremely emotional one, too. \u00a0Many times he wrote these psalms out of his own feelings—feelings of amazement, fear, love, anger, and pain. \u00a0And this particular psalm was written in a time of disappointment, a time that David had been let down over and over. \u00a0If you have lived into adulthood, then you know how this feels. \u00a0It’s even harder when the person who disappoints you is a man or woman of God. \u00a0It can shake us off our firm foundation if we let it.<\/p>\n

The person in David’s life was Saul and David’s eyes were opened as a teenager. \u00a0He couldn’t believe that someone could really go that far off the right path and let sin take him down so far. \u00a0Later in his life, David himself would slip, too. \u00a0No one is immune to sin and no one will ever walk a perfect journey here on earth—except Jesus! \u00a0Pastors will mess up. Friends in the congregation may stop coming. But good can from this…if we don’t let bitterness and resentment in.<\/p>\n

The theme in this psalm of David’s is God alone. \u00a0He didn’t let bitterness come from his shattered expectations. \u00a0Instead he found hope in his Father. \u00a0He realized that the only constant on this earth is God. \u00a0Good people will hurt you and they will slip and sometimes they may never come back into God’s house again. \u00a0This shouldn’t sway you either way; and, if it does, it is time to do some reconnecting with God the Father.<\/p>\n

Read verses 1-2 and 5-8 out loud. \u00a0Put the emphasis on every repetition of the words ‘God, He,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Him’<\/em>. \u00a0Can you hear it? \u00a0See, because David poured out his heart to God, and he didn’t let it fester and build up, bitterness couldn’t take hold. \u00a0He had a hope and a rest in God. \u00a0In Hebrew, the word ‘hope’ means “a cord or an attachment.” \u00a0Everyone is holding onto something, or someone, for security. \u00a0Sometimes we hold onto a knotted rope and depend on whatever is on the other end to keep us from falling.<\/p>\n

Picture that rope in your hands… <\/span>
\nclose your eyes and look up the rope…<\/span>
\nwho do you see on the other end?<\/span><\/p>\n

Unless God is at the end of your rope, you’re about to fall…and you’re hanging on by a thread. \u00a0God alone can hold us up. \u00a0So the next time you allow someone to disappoint you, whisper two words to yourself—“God alone<\/strong><\/em>“. \u00a0When you decide to let that person off the hook and let God alone<\/em> hold the other end of your rope, you will attach yourself to God’s strong arm. \u00a0He can hold you up over the deep and strong waves. \u00a0You will be secure enough to let one arm go free to help the person that disappointed you along the way, until he or she gets back on their feet. \u00a0And you will be able to say that it was worth all of the hard! \u00a0For you will really have found that your strength can only be found in Him.<\/p>\n

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Let us pray:<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0Dear God, You are so great and You are fully able to do anything we ask or think according to Your will. \u00a0I am in awe of You. \u00a0Thank You for loving us so much and for sending Jesus to die in our place. \u00a0Oh God, forgive us when we place people above You and expect them to fulfill us…for only You can satisfy our every need. \u00a0Let us never forget that only You are perfect. \u00a0Help us to keep our eyes on You. \u00a0In Jesus’ name, amen.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in Him. He alone is my Rock and my Salvation, my Fortress where I will not be shaken. My victory and honor come from God alone. He is my Refuge, a Rock where no enemy can reach me. O my people, trust […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":20533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6228],"tags":[1906,6998,365,425,5620,589,9162,938,1083],"class_list":["post-26771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-encouragement-2","tag-david","tag-encouragement-blog","tag-faith","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-god-alone-is-to-be-worshipped","tag-kim-spring","tag-psalms-62","tag-scripture","tag-trust","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/encouragementbloggraphicromans15.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-6XN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26771"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26783,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26771\/revisions\/26783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}