Day 31—Waiting on Him Only

Psalm 62:5-6 - For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken.

It is possible to be waiting continually on God, but not only upon Him. There may be other secret confidences intervening and preventing the blessing that was expected. And so the word only must come to throw its light on the path to the fullness and certainty of blessing. "My soul, wait thou only upon God... He only is my rock."

Yes, "My soul, wait only upon God." There is but one God, but one source of life and happiness for the heart; "He only is my rock"; "My soul, wait only upon God." You desire to be good; "There is none good but...God", and there is no possible goodness but what is received directly from Him. You have sought to be holy; "There is none holy as the LORD", and there is no holiness but what He by His Spirit of holiness every moment breathes in you. You would gladly live and work for God and His kingdom, for men and their salvation. Hear how He says: "The everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, faints not, neither is weary... He gives power to the faint; and to them who have no might He increases strength... They who wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength. He only is God; He only is your Rock: "My soul, wait only upon God."

"My soul, wait only upon God." Let Him be all your salvation and all your desire. Say continually and with an undivided heart, "From Him comes my expectation. He only is my rock... I shall not be greatly moved". Whatever your spiritual or temporal needs are, whatever the desire or prayer of your heart, whatever your interest in connection with God's work in the church or the world—in solitude or in the rush of the world, in public worship or other gatherings of the saints, "My soul, wait only upon God." Let your expectations be from Him alone. "He only is my rock."


"My soul, wait only upon God." Never forget the two foundational truths on which this blessed waiting rests. If you are ever inclined to think this waiting only is too hard or too high, they will recall you at once. They are your absolute helplessness and the absolute sufficiency of your God. Oh, enter deeply into the entire sinfulness of all that is of self, and do not think of letting self have anything to say one single moment. Enter deeply into your utter and unceasing inability to ever change what is evil in you, or to bring forth anything that is spiritually good. Enter deeply into your relationship of dependence on God, to receive from Him every moment what He gives. Enter deeper still into His covenant of redemption, with His promise to restore more gloriously than ever what you have lost. And, by His Son and Spirit, He will unceasingly give you His actual divine presence and power. And thus, wait upon your God continually and only.

"My soul, wait only upon God." No words can tell, no heart can conceive, the riches of the glory of this mystery of the Father and of Christ. Our God, in the infinite tenderness and omnipotence of His love, waits to be our life and joy. Oh, my soul, let it no longer be necessary that I repeat the words, "Wait upon God." But, let all that is in me rise and sing, "Truly my soul waits upon God" (Psalm 62:1). "On You I wait all the day" (Psalm 25:5).

"My soul, wait only upon God!"