During 2025, Peachtree Church is focusing on the Book of Psalms with a series called Dwell, through which we seek to deepen our conversation with God and open ourselves to hearing his response. The practice of praying three times each day will unite the voices of our hearts and souls as we seek the day when we will see the full realization of the Kingdom of God, promised in Revelation 21:3: “…Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.”
We will email devotionals twice weekly with Monday’s providing an overview of the Psalm as a whole, and Wednesday’s focused on that week’s Daily Dwell.
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.
But I have calmed and quieted myself,
I am like a weaned child with its mother;
like a weaned child I am content.Israel, put your hope in the Lord
Psalm 131
both now and forevermore.
Devotional
At various points in my professional life, I’ve been invited into some of the big decision-making processes. Whenever I’m getting to peek behind the curtain to see the inner workings, I begin to have a feeling that I know more than I really do. It’s in these moments, these times when we see and know and understand more than we probably should, that we have the capability of forgetting what it means to live as righteous people, as people created in God’s own image.
It is also in these times when it is most important for us to remember the words of this week’s Psalm, where God through the words of the Psalmist reminds us that we should not concern ourselves with things that are too wonderful for us. When we are most honest, all of the decision-making processes of the Lord are too wonderful for us. That’s a hard piece to remember, as even though I am all too aware that I am not in charge, I want to be. I want to be in a position where my heart can be proud, where my eyes have earned the right to be haughty.
Even as I read the directions of the Psalmist, I turn to the words of the prophet Micah, who wrote, “And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” (Micah 6:8) Even as we know that God desires that we would walk humbly with Him, we also tend to think that He hopes that we would become more than we have been created to be. We can easily begin to believe that in order to please God, we must become like Him, rather than remaining in the call that He has given to us, to remind us of what the Lord’s desires truly are.
For Discussion
- Where do you find it most difficult to keep your heart humble?
- What are the great matters in the world or in your own life that you have a tendency to become concerned with? Why do you think that this is the case?
Prayer
Lord God, help us to have humble hearts and eyes that are not haughty. Open us to your presence, to the desires that you have for us each, rather than to become focused on that which we believe is the best in the world. In Jesus’ name we pray; amen.
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