Day 146 – Psalms 131, 138-139, 143-145

Talking Points

• As overwhelming as the greatness of God is, how awesome is it that He considers each of us? He intimately knows us. And, not just our name and birthdate, but our design, our purpose, and even our thoughts. God knows where we’ve been and where we’re going. David takes comfort in the fact that the Creator of everything is not too big to involve Himself in his life.
• Throughout these psalms is the call for direction and, if need be, correction. Evidently, walking in God’s way and endeavoring to be in His will are skills that must be learned over time.
• David prays for success. He prays specifically for hope, a future, to prosper, and for peace. Perhaps because of modern false teaching, we have become timid in this mindset. The Bible is clear: God is the Giver of great things. It is much more in line with our worship of God to turn to Him for blessings, rather than look to the world.

Thoughts

We run. We scramble. We hurry through meals. We miss sleep. We trade time — precious time that we can never get back. We do all of this, because we are never satisfied. It’s always “more.” We’re always moving on to the next thing. Perhaps you’ve heard it said, “Contentment is the secret to life.” If we could only be satisfied. It sounds good. However, even this is misleading. Seeking contentment can also set us up for failure — if we’re seeking it in the wrong places.

Be sure, if our hope is to be content, finally content, at a certain level of income, we will never reach it. If we are looking forward to being content in a place of happiness, we will never find it. If it is contentment in a station of life that we’re working toward, we will never be secure in it. Even if we find satisfaction in our current income, home, reputation, we’ll never truly be content — not really. The truth is, if our contentment is found in anything other than God, there will never be true satisfaction. In fact, we will be far from it.

In Psalm 131, we find the psalmist is content in life because of his trust in God. God is enough, and his hope rests in Him. Nothing more is needed, and so, nothing more is sought. May we get to a place with God where we see that He is enough. In all situations, He is enough. May that produce in us “quieted souls” resting in Him (131:2).