Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child with his mother, Like a weaned child is my soul within me.
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… Put aside the work. Yesterday, our Bible reading, Psalm 131, verse 2, amidst all the worrisome things in this world that we don't understand, why is this happening, God? The psalmist says, I have calmed and quieted my soul like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child with my soul within me. calm and quiet your soul. Rest in God like a weaned child who knows its mother is good and will provide for what you need. And so Christian, all who are in Christ, you are free from slavery to this world. So spread the good news of rest in God, not just in this world, but in another world to come. See, you gotta see this. We saw how Jesus' resurrection ushered in the dawn of a new day. Well, you keep reading, and Jesus promises he's gonna send his spirit to his followers, his very presence, to his followers, and you'll never guess when that happens. You ever notice this? Acts chapter two, verse one. …
"Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child."--Psalm cxxxi. 2. Self-denial of some kind or other is involved, as is evident, in the very notion of renewal and holy obedience. To change our hearts is to learn to love things which we do not naturally love--to unlearn the love of this world; but this involves, of course, a thwarting of our natural wishes and tastes. To be righteous and obedient implies self-command; but to possess power we must have gained it; nor can we gain it without a vigorous struggle, a persevering warfare against ourselves. The very notion of being religious implies self-denial, because by nature we do not love religion. Self-denial, then, is a subject never out of place in Christian teaching; still more appropriate is it at a time like this, when we have entered upon the forty days of Lent, the season of the year set apart for fasting and humiliation. …
It is not a promise as to the future, but a declaration as to the present—not theirs shall be, but "theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven." This Truth is clearly revealed in many Scriptures by necessary inference, for first, the King of the heavenly kingdom is constantly represented as reigning over the poor David says in the 72nd Psalm, "He shall judge the poor of the people, He shall save the children of the needy...He shall spare the poor and needy and shall save the souls of the needy." As His virgin mother sang, "He has put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty." Those who enlist beneath the banner of the Son of David are like those who of old came to the son of Jesse in the cave of Adullam—"Everyone that was in distress, and everyone that was in debt, and everyone that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them." "This Man receives sinners and eats with them." His title was "A Friend of Publicans and Sinners." "Though He was rich, yet for our sakes He became poor," and it is therefore right that the poor should be gathered unto Him. Since Jesus has chosen the poor in spirit to be His subjects and said, "Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom," we see how true it is that they are blessed. …