Psalms 62:6 - Homilies By W. Forsyth

Steadfastness.

"I shall not be moved." We are susceptible to influence. We may be "moved." The word here is not a boast, but an expression of confidence in God. Peter said, in effect, "I shall not be moved," and he was put to shame. But if we trust in God, then our strength will not fail. We shall stand "steadfast and immovable" in the surges of the waves and the violence of the storm. There is the—

I. CONSCIOUSNESS OF RIGHTNESS .

II. THE SENSE OF BEING BACKED BY THE POWER OF GOD .

III. THE OVERMASTERING FORCE OF LOVE .

IV. THE EXULTING PROSPECT OF FINAL VICTORY . Paul said, "None of these things move me" ( Acts 20:24 ). So all strong in the love of God and in the confidence that right must triumph in the end, will suffer rather than sin, and die rather than be false to Christ (Hebrew Psalms 12:1 , Psalms 12:2 ).—W.F.