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1 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.
2 But I have stilled and quietened my soul,
like a weaned child with its mother;
like a weaned child is my soul; within me.
3 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD
both now and for evermore.
(NIV)
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Psalm 131:-There is a lot of confusion in this psalm. It is a short psalm, but many books has varied thoughts of what it should be. It is thought that it could be an individual prayer, or that it was a hymn at the beginning of a synod meeting.
Some feel the psalm is for the individual, for people to calm their hearts and come into the Lord’s company with a calm and thankful heart.
So often we rush through our lives trying to get things done, and sometimes our time of worship can turn into a dash through our prayers. Prayers are said so fast that if God was to answer He would only get a brief hello or welcome before people are off on the work that calls them.
When we come into God’s presence, take time, sit and quieten yourself from all the hustle and bustle of your life.
• Take time for God to hear you
• Take time for you mind to stop thinking, of all you have to do
• Take time to sit a listen, for words, or pictures to come into your mind
When I was suffering after the death of my Mum, I was advised to just sit in church and wait for God to send me the answers. I did, and while I was there, I had the overwhelming feeling to go into the library. I fought this at first because I love books and thought it was me chickening out of my challenge. But I went, and I was led to a book about a woman who had lost her family through various accidents. Feeling the sorrow the woman must have felt, at last, I was able to cry. In my room I sobbed so loud the person in the next room was worried about me. Has I cried I felt my Mum, or a ghost pull my bedcovers over my shoulder and I settled down to sleep.
God is always there; He ready to answer questions or give comfort, if we will only take time to be in His presence and wait patiently.
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