“My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. How long will you assault a man? Would you all throw him down—this leaning wall, this tattering fence? They fully intend to topple him from his lofty place; they take delight in lies. With their mouths they bless, but in their hearts they curse. Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. (Psalm 62:1-6)
Lies deplete us and prayers sustain us. That’s one of the lessons we learn from praying this ancient, but ever-new prayer.
Lies constantly assault us. They turn us into the worst version of ourselves. They make us so much less than what God intended us to be—just leaning walls and tottering fences. Their intent is to topple us from our lofty place, to dislodge us from the belief that we are beloved sons and daughters of God.
Prayers, on the other hand, nourish and nurture and transform us. It is by prayer that we become exactly who and what God made us to be. It is by praying these ancient prayers that our souls are able to find their rest in God, for he alone is the source of our rest and our peace. Only when we trust in him can we begin to experience the kind of soul rest he created us for. Thus, it is impossible our solus to rest if we do not trust.
So, depleted by lies or sustained by prayer, the choice is ours. The one we give the most room to is the one that’s going to win out in the end. Choose prayer.
