Good Morning Friends,
“My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are
not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful
for me. But I have stilled and quieted
my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul
within me. O Israel, put your hope in
the LORD both now and forevermore.”(Psalm 131:1-3)
David wrote this psalm. King of Israel. Ruler of a vast land. Responsible for military protection of all
his people. Responsible for civil
government. Responsible for planning for
the welfare of the kingdom. There was a
huge amount of responsibility that rested upon David’s shoulders. And there would have been a huge temptation
to consider himself important, even irreplaceable.
Yet, David had learned to step back from all
of his responsibilities and the weighty matters ahead of him and find rest just
in being with God. He didn’t have to be
great. He didn’t have to make great
contributions to the world or to God. He
found the greatest satisfaction in just being with God as a child finds
satisfaction in being in its mother’s arms.
In fact, he was like a weaned child -- not a child who desperately
wanted something from his mother, but a child just content to be held in his
mother’s arms.
I know you have a lot that needs to be done
today, we all do. But somewhere along
the way take just a few moments, at least, to be with God. Don’t be with Him because you need something
from Him. Just be with Him to feel Him
hold you in His strong arms. Hear Him
speak words of love into your ear.
Consider how strong and reliable and worthy of trust He is.
It’s not the great things you will do today
that matter most to God. It’s not how
important you are. It’s you. Just you in whom God finds pleasure.
His, by Grace,
Steve
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