Psalm 131 Godliness with contentment is great gain.
1. David's Control -
His Humility - 1 Lord, my heart is not haughty - How he deals with himself.
His Humanity - nor mine eyes lofty: - How he deals with others.
His Hesitancy - neither do I exercise myself in great matters - How he deals with Mystery.
His Honesty - or in things too high for me. - How he deals with Majesty
2. David's Contentment -
The Proof of Contentment - 2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself
Psalm 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen,
I will be exalted in the earth.
The Sign of Contentment - Be still,
The Source of Contentment - and know that I am God:
The Secret of Contentment - I will be exalted among the heathen,
The Security of Contentment - I will be exalted in the earth.
The Salvation in Contentment - 11 The Lord of hosts is with us;
The Satisfaction in Contentment. the God of Jacob is our refuge Selah
The Place of Contentment - as a child that is weaned of his mother:
The Authority - Matthew 18:3 Verily I say unto you,
The Necessity - Except ye be converted,
The Simplicity - and become as little children,
The Priority - ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
The Peace of Contentment - my soul is even as a weaned child.
The Peace of Protection -
Rom 8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
The Peace of Provision -
32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
The Peace of Pardon -
33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.
The Peace of Participation -
34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
The Peace of Progression -
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
The Peace of Promotion -
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
3. David's Counsel -
3 Let Israel hope in the Lord from henceforth and for ever.
The People - 3 Let Israel
The Principle - 3 Let Israel hope
The Place - 3 Let Israel hope in the Lord
The Prospect - from henceforth
The Permanence - and for ever.
