I Have Calmed and Quieted My Soul

 

 

Psalm 131

 

November 22, 2022

 

 

I Have Calmed and Quieted My Soul

A Song of Ascents. Of David.

 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.  But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.   O Israel, hope in the Lord from this time forth and forevermore.

 

As you read this account of David’s life you may be wondering at what point did this take place.  If you follow the account of David from shepherd boy to becoming a  great warrior king, and all the trials with King Saul, you may wonder when David came to this point.  

 

That is a question I do not have the answer to, but if David had read the account of Job, asking God for a one-on-one talk about his suffering as found in Psalm  “Today also my complaint is bitter;  my hand is heavy on account of my groaning.  Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!  I would lay my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.”  Now, between chapters 14 and 38, God replies to Job.

 

God’s reply on Job suffering; in Psalm 38-42, and this is a small sample; “Today also my complaint is bitter; my hand is heavy on account of my groaning.  Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!  I would lay my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.”  Job replied to His Creator, “I know that you can do all things and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. ‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’  Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.  ‘Hear, and I will speak; I will question you, and you make it known to me.’  I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you; therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”

 

Most of us have said in jest or for real, when I get to heaven I’m going to ask God, but I do not believe that to be true, we will be overcome by His Majesty.  As I stated above I’m not sure when or the circumstance that brought David to this place in his life.  But what about you have you come to this place yet?

 

But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.  My prayer is akin to David’s for Israel, and the USA.  O Israel, hope in the Lord from this time forth and forevermore.

 

From the Back Porch,

 

Bob Rice