Put Your Hope In The Lord

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 both now and forevermore.

Psalm 131:1-3

Sometimes we forget that our faith journey is one of learning to experience love – God’s love – more fully than we can imagine. When we lose that focus, we can find ourselves, like the older brother in Jesus’s parable of the prodigal son, trying desperately to win God’s approval while missing out on all He has already given us.

Psalm 131 is one prayer in Scripture that can help us to “become like little children” and to let go of the battle in our mind over what we don’t understand. Instead, through time with Him we can return to a place of peace, finding the hope we need in His love – as calm and quiet as if we were children again in our mother’s arms.

Like children, we can learn to rest in the love of God.

Our Daily Bread – October 14, 2017