Proclamation:
“My heart is not proud, Lord, my eyes are
not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful
for me.” Psalm 131:1 (NIV)
Explanation:
The words of this psalm of ascent were
written by David, before he became king, under the influence of The Holy Spirit
of God. David knew that he had already been
anointed king but he behaved humbly in King Saul’s court. He did not concern himself with matters of
state or of the church. He was humble, content
with his current station, and not aspiring to anything else. (Psalm 131:2)
Application:
Unfortunately, most of us are not content
with our current station in life. We are
not content with that which we already have or have achieved. We are ambitious and we want something better,
loftier, newer, more luxurious, or more influential. If we came into a large sum of money, most of
us would change our standard of living instead of maintaining and enjoying our
current status, and sharing more with others.
We need to learn to appreciate who we are and what we have. We also should not look down upon those who
have less than we have. We have been
blessed and we should be thankful for that which we have. We need to be humble and not haughty,
appreciative and not ambitious, pious and not proud, content and not
craving. Like the Apostle Paul learned,
we need to learn to be content in whatever state we find ourselves in. (Philippians
4:11)
