Psalms 131

A song of ascents. Of David.

1My heart is not proud, Lord,

my eyes are not haughty;

I do not concern myself with great matters

or things too wonderful for me.

2But I have calmed and quieted myself,

I am like a weaned child with its mother;

like a weaned child I am content.

3Israel, put your hope in the Lord

both now and forevermore.

David - a man after God's own heart

1. When he finally became King of Israel, he wanted to bring the ark of the covenant back to Jerusalem
Verse 2: David simply wanted to be with God. He had no ulterior motive, no hidden agenda. Weaned child - a baby who has been breastfed. The child has moved on to solid food but still wants to get back to his mother, just to be with the mother and nothing else.
How can we learn to be calm and not worried?


2. Years later, King David even wanted to build a temple for God

1 Chronicles 17:1
"Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under the tent"
2 Samuel 7:1
"Now when the king lived in his house and The Lord had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies" - describing the past 7 years of David's life

David was actually rejected by God, God has said that it was supposed to be his son who was going to build the temple.


David is teaching us to yearn for a relationship with God.
Difference between a weaned child and not:
1. Desire vs compliance
2. Intimacy vs transaction
3. Others vs self

Verse 1&3: Too wonderful for us to comprehend, but if we are small and God is big, then we can trust God.

Deut 29:29
"The secret things belong to The Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law"
Acts 1:7
"He said to them: "it is not for you to know the times or dates the father has set by his own authority"

Being calm = showing that you have faith in God = shows how great our God is

Colossians 3:12-17
How we should behave to be a witness for God