Finding Rest in the Middle of Unrest

Psalm 131 ESV

A Song of Ascents. Of David. 1 O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me. 2 But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me. 3 O Israel, hope in the Lord from this time forth and forevermore.

Identify the Pride and Needless Worry in Your Life.

Psalm 131:1 ESV

1 O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me.

pride — people become things — and things become people

worry — thinking bout things that you can’t or don’t have the capacity to do anything about.

take a journal out and make a list?

Ask Yourself the Question: “Am I at Peace?”

Psalm 131:2 ESV

2 But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.

weaned child is a toddler. No longer looking for the milk from his mother’s breast.

Watching a child that a mother is holding is a chore. He’s crying. He’s beating her up. He’s fidgeting.

The milk is the stuff you’ve got to achieve. the stuff you’ve got to obtain. You want a house, a man, to make more money, to look good in your clothes....

Matthew 18:1–4 ESV

1 At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them 3 and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Shift your ambition and your joy to the Lord Jesus and his Work

Psalm 131:3 ESV

3 O Israel, hope in the Lord from this time forth and forevermore.

John 4:34 ESV

34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.

Illustration: Jesus is content and ambitious to do His work.