Singing Psalm 62 you peel back the curtain
- Sep 9, 2022
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Updated: 6 days ago
When you honestly share your heart with someone who doesn’t believe you, you want the person to be able to peel back the curtain of your heart. You hope the person would look at your past actions and see your good intentions, your true colors. You have nothing to hide. You want your heart to be revealed and understood yet there is doubt or misunderstanding. This person might have been burned before by others and doesn’t trust you or perhaps anyone.
As earnest as you might be though, you have blind spots. There are parts of your heart that are not pure and righteous. Some of this you know and some you don’t. You might truly love this person the best you can and yet when you peel back the curtain you find (or someone else finds) selfishness there. You can only hope for mercy.
This is true of all people except one. Jesus is love incarnate, has no blind spots, and has all power and right to condemn. Yet he repays mercy on those who believe in him — just what you need and hope for.
He wears down the proud whom he opposes, slowly and gently, in the same way that he directs each wave that steadily erodes both sand castles and rocks in its path.
You can wait hours to watch sandcastles come to ruin. You can wait years or decades for pride to come to ruin.
He does it how and when he would, to give grace to the transformed humble. He prays for you not that you would not be tempted or that you would not sin, but that through your temptations and sins, your faith would not fail and that you would strengthen others afterward (Luke 22:31-32).
This is the major difference between Peter’s denials and Judas Iscariot’s betrayal. Also with Judas, money was central. He sold his friendship with Jesus for money and subsequently his faith in the mercy of Jesus failed. He realized his folly too late, returned the money, and proceeded to take his life into his own hands.
Singing Psalm 62 you peel back the curtain of people’s hearts
Singing Psalm 62, things are not always what they seem as you peel back the curtain on the hearts of both the greatest and least person.
You take in these words or concepts there:
Attack.
Fall.
Sagging fence.
Leaning wall.
Duplicity.
Spite.
Breath.
Lie.
Lighter than a sigh.
Warning against extortion, ill-gained riches.
Warning not to lust after stolen goods, whatever is not for you.
Warning not to trust in earned wealth even if rightly gained.
Singing Psalm 62 you peel back the curtain of God’s heart
Singing Psalm 62 you peel back the curtain and find the triune God has revealed something of his amazing, multi-dimensional heart in these words:
Safety.
Security.
Confidence.
Surety.
Salvation.
Fort.
Rest.
Hope.
Stronghold.
Glory.
Strength.
Rely.
Defense.
Protection.
Power.
Mighty.
Rock.
Refuge.
Build.
Trust.
Unshaken.
Mercy.
“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.” ~ Matthew 7:24-27
Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” ~ John 6:29
“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” ~ Matthew 11:28-30
When you peel back the curtain of your life, the greatest work you will ever have done is to rest in Jesus.
Singing Psalm 62 helps you unlearn the lessons of the world centered on money and self. You are training your mind, feelings, and desires toward godliness. Even when trained, God’s mercy is your greatest need in your continual cycles of wavering, returning, straying and, at last, returning.
He doesn’t break a bruised reed, quench a faintly burning wick, knock down a sagging fence, or demolish a leaning wall. Rather he opens the eyes of the blind and brings out prisoners who sit in darkness (Isaiah 42; Matthew 12; Psalm 62). He has mercy on you in your weakness.
Astounding distinctions there are between the hearts of God and man. So much to ponder as you peel back the curtain of your heart and of God’s as he reveals it to you in his word.
“My soul finds rest in God alone.” ~ Psalm 62:1
September 2-9, 2022
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Heart ♥️ reflection
December 11, 2024
“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.” ~ James 1:5-8
Question: What caused Jesus to marvel?
Heart reflection: Faith and lack of faith. Check out the faith of the Roman centurion, the Syrophoenician woman, and the woman with the issue of blood for faith that made Jesus marvel. They knew and trusted Jesus completely without having seen his miracles for themselves. They saw him for who he is: God who cares for them. You can also read about the lack of faith of those in his hometown of Nazareth that made Jesus marvel. They didn’t know or trust Jesus who lived in close proximity among them, serving before them, never once doing wrong. Even though they had been around him from his youth, it’s as if they became over familiar with Jesus and looked right past him, overlooking and rejecting God. If the one who would give you rest is standing right before your eyes, would you see him?
“My soul finds rest in God alone;
He’s given hope to me.
He’s my salvation, stronghold, rock;
Unshaken I shall be.” ~ Psalm 62:5-6
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The Psalms—Q&A
“How long will you press your attack
To make a person fall
As though against a sagging fence,
Against a leaning wall?” ~ Psalm 62:3
“For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power. What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness?” ~ 1 Corinthians 4:20-21
How does the Lord Jesus leading me to sing Psalm 62 help me grow in my affection for God and in my connection with others?
“All lowborn men are but a breath,
All high-ranked men a lie;
Together on the balances,
They’re lighter than a sigh.” ~ Psalm 62:9
Where else can you find clearer distinctions to help you discern in whom it is wise to place your trust? How would hanging on every word of Jesus alter the words you use to serve, bring about good, to uplift the faith of those the Lord places in your midst?
“For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” ~ 1 Corinthians 1:18
It’s one thing to say that God is enough. It is quite another to take comfort in your joy from him in the face of human rejection. Do my words match my heart?
“but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.” ~ 1 Corinthians 1:23-24
It’s one thing to say I trust God’s in control. It’s another thing altogether to quietly wait for him and not stew inside as if I truly think it would be better if I were in control instead. Does my heart match my words? Do I approach God as if he is a god that I resign myself to put up with because I have no choice, no better option? Or do I laud and revere him as my only hope because of who he is, that he perfectly displays unparalleled compassion in his unending care for me?
Championship athletes put in the work when no one is looking, then shine when the lights are brightest. How many of God’s people are that careful to put in the work of believing him in dark times when only he sees, and rely on him to sustain their joy moment-by-moment, day after day because his love provides them with real power to rise above challenges with his supernatural strength?
“My soul finds rest in God alone;
He my salvation is.
My only Rock, Salvation’s fort;
I’m safe, for I am His.” ~ Psalm 62:1-2
Ask the Syrophoenician woman who came to Jesus believing him to be the only one who could heal her daughter: How did having to wait for God’s deliverance teach you to trust him?
Engage and grow together!
“Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another.” ~ Proverbs 27:17
June 5, 2026
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