"My expectation is from him." — Psalms 62:5
"It is the believer's privilege to use this language. If he is looking for aught from the world, it is a poor "expectation" indeed. But if he looks to God for the supply of his wants, whether in temporal or spiritual blessings, his "expectation" will not be a vain one. Constantly he may draw from the bank of faith, and get his need supplied out of the riches of."
The meanings of the superscriptions of Psalm 62, of many of the psalms are uncertain, and most are probably later additions.The most basic and fundamental element of the psalms is their expression of continual total and exclusive trust in God, contrasting that of man.
Expectations can simultaneously be both a powerful ally an a crippling force. The Psalmist in Psalm 62 extols all of man under underpinnings of expectations of others, in that man lacks the stance to sustain anything of permanency. Why do the expectations of our faith so often just stretch to what we can cope with? So often the expecation of earthy things displaces to earthly things, superseding the frailness of man's strength. We rely heavily on the burdens we place on others, often without the intervention of the divine. We count on it to protect us, edify us, reassure us, and engage us. Yet, for as long as time has allowed, we have felt the consistent disappointment when such expectations remain unmet. The Psalmist reputes the notion of expectation as lacking density or endurance.
"Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air." -Psalms 62:9
"It is the believer's privilege to use this language. If he is looking for aught from the world, it is a poor "expectation" indeed. But if he looks to God for the supply of his wants, whether in temporal or spiritual blessings, his "expectation" will not be a vain one. Constantly he may draw from the bank of faith, and get his need supplied out of the riches of."
The meanings of the superscriptions of Psalm 62, of many of the psalms are uncertain, and most are probably later additions.The most basic and fundamental element of the psalms is their expression of continual total and exclusive trust in God, contrasting that of man.
Expectations can simultaneously be both a powerful ally an a crippling force. The Psalmist in Psalm 62 extols all of man under underpinnings of expectations of others, in that man lacks the stance to sustain anything of permanency. Why do the expectations of our faith so often just stretch to what we can cope with? So often the expecation of earthy things displaces to earthly things, superseding the frailness of man's strength. We rely heavily on the burdens we place on others, often without the intervention of the divine. We count on it to protect us, edify us, reassure us, and engage us. Yet, for as long as time has allowed, we have felt the consistent disappointment when such expectations remain unmet. The Psalmist reputes the notion of expectation as lacking density or endurance.
One of the most curious aspects of the weight of expectation that so many humans envelop themselves with, is that in terms of celestial value, such expectations are really rather faint in the eyes of heaven. So much so, the psalmist not only diminishes the worth of such an expectation but also the entirety of man in light of of his own self-image. So often the weight of expectation become so burdensome on mere men that we lose sight of the often insurmountable burdens that are often fixed upon individuals. Further, the entire presumption of human expectation confutes the very nature of the God we serve. Spurgeon denounces such braggadocio, and does so by emphasizing the priveldged nature of even invoking such expectations.
The expression "promising the world" would have no reference had not God first held the world first, and subsequently, Christ's ressurection and ascension, consummating the promise. The bridge between out expectation of man and our expecting of God cannot remain in conflict, nor can it parallel the other. The nature of the sprit has a transformational impact on our own spirits and wants, in that with the wisdom, peace, and understanding that come with a right sprit elude to patience, forgiveness and mercy. When we so seek Christ for our spiritual supply, we not only receives the riches of his provision, but we rely less on our expectation of others.
As we grow in faith and understanding, may our expectations no longer be rooted solely in the expectations of others, but rather draw from the bank of faith to supplicate those desires.
