Psalm 131:1-3 (New Living Translation)
1 Lord, my heart is not proud;
my eyes are not haughty.
I don’t concern myself with matters too great
or too awesome for me to grasp.
2 Instead, I have calmed and quieted myself,
like a weaned child who no longer cries for its mother’s milk.
Yes, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
3 O Israel, put your hope in the Lord—
now and always.
I find this Psalm to be a statement of maturity. The writer has found a way to calm himself, to quiet himself. He is no longer a crying child.
The writer ends with a small, quiet encouragement for his fellow man:
Put your hope in the LORD, now and always.
Yes, a little maturity. Yet, a little maturity can go a long ways.
It is a great gift to be able calm yourself in the face of agitation (often self-imposed). Thanks be to God for the gift.
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