Simple Trust in the LORD
A Song of Ascentst. Of David.
LORD, my heart is not haughty,
Nor my eyes lofty.
Neither do I concern myself with great matters,
Nor with things too profound for me.
2 Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul,
Like a weaned child with his mother;
Like a weaned child is my soul within me.
3 O Israel, hope in the LORD
From this time forth and forever.—Psalm 131
Yesterday I wrote about the overwhelming relief I felt in knowing that through all the trials, heartaches and griefs that accompany life on this fallen planet the Lord was my Helper.
This morning as I meditated on Psalm 131 I felt similarly except this time it was His sovereignty that brought me comfort. The Lord rules and overrules all in my life for my good and His glory. So much is happening today both in my little world and in the big world around me that I can’t keep up with it all. The world and even my own circumstances give me ample opportunities for panic each and every day. It is a comfort to know that I have no reason to fear. God’s will for me in this life comes from His heart of love. He is good and does good. I can trust Him no matter what comes my way. Nothing happens to me that has not passed through His hand of love first. I have no reason to panic. His perfect love casts out fear.
I can be content to spend my life moment by moment wherever my God has placed me. I don’t need to concern myself with how my current circumstances will play out or what will come upon me tomorrow. God knows and He has promised to be with me through all of it. I can say with King David:
It is the Lord…let Him do to me as seems good to Him.
Father..Thank you for this psalm that pictures so perfectly the simple trust I desire to have toward You. Oh Father do this work in me! Trying to deal with all this life throws at me is emotionally and physically exhausting. It is too much for me! I want to be as a child before You…not knowing even how to go out or come in.
May my trust and my hope be in You. May my one desire be to to know You and meditate on Your word. Instead of fretting, I want to dwell in the land and feed on Your faithfulness. I want to REST and wait patiently for You. I want Your desires to be my desires. I want your Presence to so fill and overwhelm me that You are in every one of my thoughts. Oh Lord, may My heart safely trust in You and may You do in my life as seems good to You. May Your mercy be upon me, Father, just as I hope in You.
