A prayer and reflection on Psalm 62

LORD my Lord,
You are my rock and my salvation, the God in whom I trust, my help in times of need. Though the world around me should shake and crumble, you are my fortress and my dwelling place! My body and my soul shall not be shaken, for I take refuge in you my Lord and Savior.

My heart and my soul waits for you in silence, and in you alone I wait for an answer — for a sign, a signal — for your hand to work wonders in my life. I trust you, Lord, with my life: my studies and my devotions, my career and my ministry, my health and my finances, my friendships and relationships. There is nothing in this world that I don’t have faith in you for, because I know that you have the whole world in your hands; you have my life planned to the utmost abundance of goodness!

All honor, glory and power belongs to you, God. You are holy and powerful, able to speak the world into existence by your Word — and able to make it all into nothing by your voice. And yet, you have not done so! In your mercy and your grace, you have been slow to anger and abounding in love. In spite of the numerous times I have sought to trust in things other than you, you O LORD have remained the same: yesterday, today and forever. You crucified your Son for my sins, and withheld the righteous anger and wrath that I rightly deserved. Thank you for not giving me what I do deserve, and giving me what I don’t deserve.

Thus, because of the all-deserving revelation of your gracious Word in Christ Jesus, I want to give you an all-consuming response of love and worship. I anxiously await your Spirit to move me, to act and to will according to your purposes. Give me wisdom to trust you, pray to you and seek your face alone in all the things that burden my heart.

SDG