Week 19: My Daily Portion:
Monday: 1 Samuel 11-12, Psalms 125, 11 Corinthians 4-5.
Tuesday: 1 Samuel 13-14, Psalms 126, 11 Corinthians 6-7.
Wednesday: 1 Samuel 15-16, Psalms 127, 11 Corinthians 8.
Thursday: 1 Samuel 17, Psalms 128, 11 Corinthians 9-10.
Friday: 1 Samuel 18-19, Psalms 129, 11 Corinthians 11.
Saturday: 1 Samuel 20-21, Psalms 130, 11 Corinthians 12.
Sunday: 1 Samuel 22-23, Psalms 131, 11 Corinthians 13.
Psalms 131:2 ...I have calmed and quieted myself, like a weaned child who no longer cries for it's mothers milk. Yes, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
What are the ways you've found to quiet your soul? The picture David gives us in this Scripture is so beautiful. There are ways in God to cause our souls to be at rest and peace. I have found that when I look at the Lord Jesus, my soul becomes quieted. I love to sit in His presence adoring Him. It is difficult to describe, but I am completely safe, concerned about nothing, and fully trusting in Him. Yet, it is a choice to quiet myself. My mind could easily keep on fretting, and my body could easily have it's way, but I eagerly choose to get quietness in my soul. When my soul is quiet, I can hear the voice of God bringing me comfort, and His truth.
The easiest thing when there are troubles is to let our unquieted soul do the talking. What a temptation this is! This does us no good! We bring much unrest to ourselves and to others around us.
Rather than doing the easiest or most natural thing, it is far greater to do the most supernatural thing. Go to the place of worship! It is here that God lifts us up and brings us His comfort as we get our misplaced affections over onto the Comforter!
Praise the Lord! This is what happens to us when we worship the Lord Jesus. As we look upon Him, and we see Him in His beauty, everything else dims in the earthly realm. It is now that we can declare - whatever situation we are faced with - "it is well with my soul."
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