Day 16: Psalm 62

The first Sunday after Easter is historically referred to as Eastertide. It essentially means “Eastertime,” and it is a 50-day season that remembers the 50 days between Easter and Pentecost, which is when the church essentially began in Acts 2.

It’s a forgotten season for many, it doesn’t get the press of Lent, but I think it is worth recovering. We often tell the story as if Easter is the end of the story, which is good news, but Easter was the beginning of a whole new story. With Easter, all things are now possible. Easter reminds us that this weary world isn’t what it appears to be. Death isn’t final. Eastertide comes to remind us that God may very well launch a new creation right here in the middle of this one. The Psalms constantly sit on the edge of possibility. Notice this from Psalm 62:

My soul, wait silently for God alone, For my expectation is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and my glory; The rock of my strength, And my refuge, is in God. Psalm 62:5-7

The Psalmist says that “my expectation is from Him.” That word expectation is what Eastertide is all about. At the very first Easter, there were no Christians in the world. Everyone who believed and followed walked away at the crucifixion. By Pentecost, Jerusalem had thousands of new converts. That first “Eastertide” ripped the veil between Heaven and Earth to announce that God laid claim to His creation and now all things are possible.

This Eastertide, are you brimming with expectation? Are you on the edge of your seat wondering what God might do in the world? Once again, a weary world awaits.

Let us eagerly expect that God is going to do something right here in the middle of this world.

Jared

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