Psalm 131

Last Sunday we meditated upon Psalm 131 together.

3 verses.

Just 30 words in the original Hebrew.

A short ancient poem that contains (at least in my opinion) one of the most exquisitely beautiful pictures and invitations in the Psalms...

...and, according to Charles Spurgeon, “One of the shortest Psalms to read, but one of the longest to learn.”

Try and picture what David tries to capture with his words...

But I have calmed and quieted myself,

I am like a weaned child with its mother;

Like a weaned child I am content.

A baby...a child...no longer wailing for milk...no longer needing instant satisfaction...no longer expressing its base human need and desire for something...

...but resting peacefully with its mother....knowing the she can be trusted...that she knows what it needs and will provide out of her loving and generous care.

And then the invitation...

Israel, put your hope in the Lord

Both now and for evermore.

David’s point?

We can be like that the weaned child, knowing and trusting and resting in, the loving and good care of the motherly love expressed by our Heavenly Father.

‘Trust in Him’, David invites.

Sunday, I felt my heart warmed as we pondered this Psalm together.

I was feeling burdened and somewhat frazzled and overwhelmed with looking for a new car (first-world problems, I know...but still, something that has been weighing on me).

And as I sat there, David’s word-picture and invitation spoke to me.

Simon, rest contentedly in your Father’s perfect love.

I needed it.

The Living Word, using His written word, to speak to my soul.

Afterwards I went for prayer.

I wanted someone to pray the truth of Psalm 131 for me and over me.

In the mysterious way of God at work, through Scripture and through the prayers of His people, God’s Spirit was at work in my heart.

Do you need to ‘sit in the lap of your Heavenly Father’ and have Him minister contentment and peace and rest within you?