Trust The Echo

“God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power [belongeth] unto God.” (Ps 62:11 AV)

When the LORD has to say something more than once, we had better listen and believe!  It seems in this psalm, David is sharing an experience of great adversity.  There seems to be a good number of men of low degree (low social stature) who are conspiring to ruin David by slander.  At leas on the face of it, they seem to be having some degree of success.  Whatever the specifics, this is far greater than normal.  A king is a target, no matter how well he may be ruling.  Criticism is to be expected.  It comes with the territory.  Yet, what David is describing is magnified beyond what would be considered normal.  We don’t know exactly to what David is referring.  There is no biblical reference to a single event.  David is not one to whine, either.  He is a valiant warrior.  He faced adversity most could not understand.  So, for David to complain to the degree he wrote Psalm 62, the reader has to assume that it is bad.

What David does mention, on more than one occasion, is how the LORD is the only source of his strength.  No less than ten times David makes mention that God is his salvation, refuge, or strength.  It is easier to count the verses which do not contain this truth than those that do.  David is repeating the truth that God is more than capable of meeting his need while in times of deep destress.  This is why David shares that the LORD has spoken more than once.  God spoke it once, then David took up the refrain and oft repeated it.  The constant reminder from his own pen was sufficient to meet the needs of his weakness.  Praise the LORD He is often an echo chamber or repeated truth that brings strength to the heart.

However, this begs a question.  How often do we need to hear a truth before we are willing to accept it and live it?  How often does the LORD need to affirm us before we are willing to put it all in His hands?  I like what David says in the first two verses.  He never claims that he will remain unmovable.  At the end of verse two, David says he will not be greatly moved.  He doesn’t say he won’t be moved.  He won’t be greatly moved.  This is a great comfort to me.  There are times when the adversity of life moves me.  I am human.  I have fear.  I have anxieties.  I think too much.  However, if God is my strength, those things will not overcome me.  I will not be greatly moved.  Why?  Because God has repeated more times than I care to count that He is the great and almighty God who controls all things.  He will not ask me to go through anything that I cannot handle.  As long as the LORD is there, then I am more than a conqueror.  Does that mean life will be stress free?  Absolutely not.  What it does mean, as David is trying to say, when adversity seems too great to overcome, reminding one’s Self that God is the Rock that is higher, the tower to which we flee, the wings by which we are covered, and the strength of our souls, is the means by which we weather these great storms.  So, the most important question in all of this must be asked.  How often does God have to remind us that He is able?  How often does God have to state that He is our strength and salvation?  How often does He have to remind us of something we already know before we can completely trust in Him?