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The Quiet Life.
Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jan 9, 2026 (message contributor)
Summary: When I thought to preach on this passage, it was 'too wonderful for me... I could not attain unto it' (cf. Psalm 139:6).
THE QUIET LIFE.
Psalm 131:1-3.
It is an incredible testimony of David that he was not overly ambitious to get to the kingdom into which he had been anointed ahead of the due time (cf. 1 Samuel 18:18). He certainly wasn’t about to murder the one who had been anointed before him (cf. 1 Samuel 24:6)!
PSALM 131:1. In this context, David could claim to the “LORD” that his “heart” was not “haughty” (lifted up), nor his “eyes lofty” (cf. Psalm 101:5). Neither was he in the habit of exercising himself “in great matters, or in things too high” (literally ‘wonderful’) for him (cf. Job 42:3; Psalm 139:6).
PSALM 131:2. In effect, ‘I have stilled and quieted my soul like a weaned child.’ Thus we are called to be as little children (cf. Matthew 18:3). The comfort of mother continues long after the challenges of weaning. The comfort of the LORD is even more reliable (cf. Isaiah 49:15).
PSALM 131:3. All this is leading up to the exhortation: “Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever.” We are to rest our confidence and trust in the LORD (cf. Matthew 11:29). For ever.
