This Psalm 131 sermon I preached on 7/10/16 may help dial down the volume of the internal noise of your own mind.
Amid the Coronavirus, many are awake in the night with noisy thoughts of one sort or another. Psalm 131 offers guidance in how, by God’s grace, we can learn to be internally calm.
Psalm 131 is so brief that we may be tempted to underestimate its inspired insights and a strategy for quieting our minds. Be assured: God’s Word is beautiful and powerful and the Psalms are our central resource for leading our emotions.
If this post prompts nothing else, listen to Kristyn Getty sing, “Still, Be My Soul Be Still.”
Psalm 131
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.
I don’t generally publish my personal sermon notes. But I included them (unedited as they are) here because they include sources that influenced the development of my thought. . . . ignore my thumb on the first page, but don’t miss Max later on. We need to learn from him.
Thanks for sharing this excellent reminder! This morning I read what Paul said: “For me to live is Christ and to die is gain.” Remaining means being useful for the benefit of others.
Amen. Thanks Wayne.
Thank you so much for this, Chris. All of it, sermon notes, too. So, so good.
Great to hear from you Patricia. I pray you are well.