8 September Psalm 131

Calm and quiet your soul

Psalm 131:1-2(NLT) LORD, my heart is not proud; my eyes are not haughty. I don’t concern myself with matters too great or too awesome for me to grasp. Instead, I have calmed and quieted myself, like a weaned child who no longer cries for its mother’s milk. Yes, like a weaned child is my soul within me.

In Psalm 131, David relates to the weaned child. But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me. In the opening of the Psalm, David talks about how his heart is not proud and how his eyes are not haughty. He is making a confession of humble dependence on his Father.

A weaned child with its mother is there for the simple joy of being in a relationship. The child’s soul is calm and quieted lying on the mother’s breast. The world may be going crazy, but everything is okay there. There’s a deep sense of peace, calm, and contentment. David offers this as a picture of what it looks like to find rest in God.

Psalm 116:7(NLT) Let my soul be at rest again, for the LORD has been good to me.

Psalm 131:3(NLT) says: O Israel, put your hope in the LORD— now and always.

So how do I quiet my soul? By putting my hope in the Lord, now and always.

George Muller once wrote: “There is never a time when we may not hope in God! Whatever the necessities, however great our difficulties, and though to all appearances help is impossible, yet our business is to hope in God.”

Matthew 11:28(NLT) Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.