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Intro story: Right now Ruthie and I are in the craziest time of our lives.
We have sold our house, have been couch surfing living with friends and family for the past several months, we have lived in three states so far this year and we look forward to visiting at least five more by the end of this year.
we are raising support to return to Bulgaria long term as missionaries, we have God’s call, we are driven!
but sometimes it doesn’t really seem possible that it can happen, with the many things we are juggling.
I’m sure that I’m not the only one in this boat, is there anyone who is just overwhelmed by life, who looks at the next several months and wonders is this possible?
how on earth am i going to survive this?
It’s a universal condition that
FCF: We can get so overwhelmed by life that peace cannot be found
last weekend i went to the prayer retreat with a sense of dread on my heart over the amount of travel we are going to do, and God put this passage on my heart to meditate on.
one of the good things about preaching is that it’s a chance to meditate on a single passage for an entire week in preparation.
Last weekend i went to the prayer retreat with a sense of dread and anxiety on my heart over the amount of travel we are going to do, and God put this passage on my heart to meditate on.
This is one of my favorite psalms and coincidentally it is one of the easiest to memorize.
one commentator writes that it’s the easiest psalm to read but the hardest lesson to learn.
What does peace and quiet look like?
What can we do with our anxiety?
For some of us we have been living under low grade anxiety for years, so much so that a tightness in your chest is now what’s considered normal, you’re stretched taut like a string, and any more pressure could cause the cord to snap.
and the words of Jesus saying come to me all of you who are heavy laden and i will give you rest seems like a sick joke because Christ has never given you rest, he’s only given you more burdens to bear!
Where can peace be found when we experience the God of peace as a taskmaster?
FCF There’s something keeping us from peace and quiet
Let’s turn to God’s word to see what he has to say
read psalm 131
weekend i went to the prayer retreat with a sense of dread on my heart over the amount of travel we are going to do, and God put this passage on my heart to meditate on.
one of the good things about preaching is that it’s a chance to meditate on a single passage for an entire week in preparation.
Context: This passage doesn’t tell us much about when and why it was written.
we know that it is of David, and we know that it is a song of ascent.
the songs of ascent were used by Israelites to sing together when they were coming to jerusalem for one of the three yearly festivals and you can see from the last line that this is a song to be sung together.
and it was a song used to prepare the hearts of the people to worship the Lord together.
this song is a chance to be reminded together to
Context: This passage doesn’t tell us much about when and why it was written.
we know that it is of David, and we know that it is a song of ascents.
the songs of ascent were used by Israelites to sing together when they were coming to jerusalem for one of the three yearly festivals.
why am i telling you this? because we tend to think of psalms and this psalm in particular as something very private, a prayer to reflect on in our rooms.
this is a very good use of the psalm and i’m not denigrating that, but this psalm was written, not only as a private prayer, but you can see from the last line that this is a song to be sung together.
and it was a song used to prepare the hearts of the people to worship the Lord together.
this song is a chance to be reminded together to
Big Idea: Hope in the Lord who never fails
Big Idea: Hope in the Lord because he will never fail
Big Idea: Hope in the Lord because he never fails
this morning i want to reflect on three things that this passage is teaching us:
MP1: Because we are humans, we must hope in the Lord.
MP2: Because we not God, we must hope in the Lord.
MP3: Because the Lord loves us, we can hope in the Lord.
MP1: Because we are humans, we must hope in the Lord.
MP1: Because we are humans, we must hope in the Lord.
MP1: Because we are humans, we must hope in the Lord.
MP1: Because we are humans, we must hope in the Lord.
Where does anxiety come from?
what would it even look like to have peace and quiet?
David begins this psalm by telling the Lord and the people around him the condition of his heart, the heart attitude of someone with a calm and quiet soul.
his heart is not lifted up, his eyes are not raised too high, and he does not occupy himself with things too great or marvelous for him.
David suggests humility is the secret to peace and quiet.
This psalm refers to two different types of humility, humility towards others, and humility before God.
Let’s begin with David by talking about how humility towards others brings peace.
MP1: Because we are humans, we must hope in the Lord.
Why would pride be a barrier to peace?
surely telling myself that i’m no good at what i’m doing would only promote anxiety, surely i should be convincing myself of how great i am! if i think i’m awesome and my competition is less than great surely i would be less nervous.
but let’s think about what humility actually is and what pride does to us.
humility is an accurate assessment of your worth both in relationship to God, and in relationship to others.
humility is being able to recognize where God has gifted you while at the same time recognizing where we fall short.
Humility is being able to humbly confess your sins, because you know that peace with God and others is better than a great reputation.
humility is being able to rejoice when your coworker gets a promotion that you feel you deserve because it recognizes that your worth is not based on how much money or power you have.
it means that you are not setting your sights on your personal glory by crushing other people because your heart is not lifted up, nor are your eyes raised too high.
Why would pride be a barrier to peace?
surely telling myself that i’m no good at what i’m doing would only promote anxiety, surely i should be convincing myself of how great i am! if i think i’m awesome and my competition is less than great surely i would be less nervous.
but let’s think about what humility actually is and what pride does to us.
humility is an accurate assessment of your worth both in relationship to God, and in relationship to others.
humility is being able to recognize where God has gifted you while at the same time recognizing where we fall short.
Humility is being able to humbly confess your sins, because you know that peace with God and others is better than a great reputation.
humility is being able to rejoice when your coworker gets a promotion that you feel you deserve because it recognizes that your worth is not based on how much money or power you have.
it means that you are not setting your sights on your personal glory by crushing other people because your heart is not lifted up, nor are your eyes raised too high.
Pride is often a major source of our anxiety.
anxiety is often brought by trying to hold on to the things that we feel like we should be in control of.
we are anxious about our presentation that we have to make because we want to look competent at what we do, we are anxious about what our boss thinks because we want to feel indispensable, we are anxious about our money because we don’t want to have to ask our parents for help again.
we are anxious about a disaster happening because we don’t want the people around us to say, “well you should have thought of that when blank.”
Illustration: Pride promises us everything we want, it promises wealth, honor, security.
In order to get these things, all we have to do is believe in ourselves.
Its like in the movie the Jerk with Steve Martin, has anyone ever seen that movie It’s kinda my favorite.
In this movie, Steve Martin’s character Navin Johnson was born a poor black child who wants to be somebody famous and important.
he is upbeat and believes in himself and because of his invention of the optigrab, glasses with a handle in the middle, he achieves his goal and becomes wealthy beyond his wildest dreams!!
He has a wife, a huge house, with shag carpet throughout, and a disco room with fancy disco dancers all to himself, cause this movie was made in the seventies.
but he is sued when it is discovered that the optigrab causes people to be crosseyed and looses everything and when his wife tries to console him he storms away from her declaring that he didn’t need her, or anything but this ashtray, and this paddleball game, and the remote control, and those matches, and the lamp and the chair and that’s it!
Pride drove him away from the people he loved and who could help him in his hour of need because he couldn’t handle the fact that he was no longer somebody!
Pride isolates us, and forces us to try to do everything on our own because if we need help with anything we are not as great as we want to be.
Illustration: Its like in the movie the Jerk with Steve Martin, has anyone ever seen that movie It’s kinda my favorite.
Throughout the movie, Steve Martin’s character Navin Johnson wants to be somebody famous and important, and he achieves his goal!
He is wealthy and successful, and has a disco room with fancy disco dancers all to himself, cause this movie was made in the seventies.
but he looses everything and storms away from his wife declaring that he didn’t need her, or anything but this ashtray, and this paddleball game, and the remote control, and those matches, and the lamp and the chair and that’s it!
Pride drove him away from the people he loved and who could help him in his hour of need because he couldn’t handle the fact that he was no longer somebody!
Pride isolates us, and forces us to try to do everything on our own because if we need help with anything we are not as great as we want to be.
Illustration: Its like in the movie the Jerk with Steve Martin, has anyone ever seen that movie It’s kinda my favorite.
Throughout the movie, Steve Martin’s character Navin Johnson wants to be somebody famous and important, and he achieves his goal!
He is wealthy and successful, and has a disco room with fancy disco dancers all to himself, cause this movie was made in the seventies.
but he looses everything and storms away from his wife declaring that he didn’t need her, or anything but this ashtray, and this paddleball game, and the remote control, and those matches, and the lamp and the chair and that’s it!
Pride drove him away from the people he loved and who could help him in his hour of need because he couldn’t handle the fact that he was no longer somebody!
Pride isolates us, and forces us to try to do everything on our own because if we need help with anything we are not as great as we want to be.
MP2: Because we are not God, we must hope in the Lord
Now the bible makes promises for the humble.
Jesus promises that the kingdom of heaven belongs to the humble, the humble will be exalted, the humble will find rest, the humble will be secure in the arms of the father.
How do the humble attain these things?
By trusting not in themselves or their own merits, but by trusting in the God who provides all things.
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