REST IN HOPE

By Margarita Perez

“For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence for my hope is from him.”—Psalm 62:5 (ESV)

As a single woman who lives alone, I wake up every day to the silence of a quiet home. However, as the day goes on, my emotions and my circumstances make a loud noise in my heart and mind. When this happens, I end up having conversations. Some conversations I have with myself where I remind my soul of the promises of God, and some conversations I have with the Lord where I pour out my heart over the sadness I feel when things don’t go my way. 

In today’s Scripture, we see David having a conversation with his soul; his inner man. The Psalm starts with these truthful words: "For God alone." Multitudes will place their hope in God plus someone or something else, but our hope should be in God alone! The more we are satisfied in Him, the better choices we’ll make.

David reminds himself of the attributes of God, followed by an outpouring of his troubled heart to the Lord. Then he addresses his soul by saying “wait in silence.” We should learn from this. We, too, can silence our emotions and insecurities and choose to quietly abide in God, in His unchanging character, in His steadfast love and power, but mainly, in His providence and sovereignty.

Throughout your journey of faith, you have held the hand of your Savior. You’ve experienced His unfailing presence. You’ve seen Him answer your prayers and wipe away your tears. He has come through for you an innumerable amount of times. And yet, today, you may find yourself filled with uncertainty, making it hard to remain hopeful.

If that’s you, take the time today to quiet your emotions, to invite your soul to wait in silence, and to quietly submit to Jesus. You can believe in the love and will He has for you, without anxiously trying to force things to go your way.

Hope means to wait with expectation for Jesus to be your miracle maker and for His response. To hope in God means to fix your heart in His Word. The more you meditate on His promises, the less you’ll give ground to your doubts and fears.

Let your hope in God be an anchor to your soul, sure and steadfast.

Pause and Reflect: Are you fixated on what you are waiting for rather than on Who you are waiting for?

Practice and Pray: Write a prayer where you share with God what is holding you back from having an anchored hope in Him.