Reading: Psalm 131

I’m afraid I’m too much so. But I know I’m not as much as I used to be. The Lord has certainly been taking me down from The Pedestal.

“LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me” (1).

Why would I want to be haughty?

When pride goes before destruction?

When haughtiness goes before a fall?

When God resists the proud?

When God hates a proud look?

When I am supposed to learn from the One who is meek and lowly?

from Psalm 131:3

A little bit more from Psalm 131: As a Weaned Child?

Reading: Psalm 130

“Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD” (1).

That’s what Jonah did, when he found himself in the fish’s belly.

Peter the disciple was headed for the depths when he cried out to Jesus. (Peter was walking on the water but started sinking, you might recall.)

Did crying out to God do any good for them?

Yes, of course!

Well, then . . . .

In my distress, let me also cry out to God!

“Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication” (2).

from Psalm 130:4

A little bit more from Psalm 130: I Wait. I Hope.