Tuesday... Now this is a very interesting thought.

Psalm 131:1-2a (MSG), "God, I'm not trying to rule the roost, I don't want to be king of the mountain. I haven't meddled where I had no business of fantasized grandiose plans. I've kept my feet on the ground, I've cultivated a quiet heart."

Tuesday... Now this is a very interesting thought.

King David wrote this Psalm. Now it was said of David that he was a man after God's own heart and there are some clues here to what that meant.

Psalm 131:1-2a (MSG) says, "God, I'm not trying to rule the roost, I don't want to be king of the mountain. I haven't meddled where I had no business or fantasized grandiose plans. I've kept my feet on the ground, I've cultivated a quiet heart."

Now back when David was a shepherd of his father's sheep he did what needed to be done to protect the flock. He killed some wild animals that were out to kill and eat the sheep. This was also preparing him for another day.

His father sent him with some food to give his brothers who were a part of fighting the enemies of Israel. He was a modern day delivery guy. He was nothing spectacular but when he got there he saw this big guy was causing the army of the Lord to be at a standstill and he didn't like what he was seeing. He didn't come into this situation with a high opinion of himself, he came with an high opinion of God and he didn't like what he was seeing and he picked up five smooth stones and took care of the situation. You see, he had done this before when he was protecting his father's sheep.

He wasn't trying to make his brothers look bad, he didn't come to rule the roost, he didn't want to be king of the mountain, he was just open to being used by God in a difficult situation and to make God look good.

Oh, he also didn't have the idea that he should be king. That was what God thought of him and he eventually became king.

I wonder what God would do with us if we didn't want to rule the roost or be king of the mountain or have these grandiose plans but kept our feet on the ground and cultivated a quiet heart?

Now this is a very interesting thought, isn't it? The world has other ideas about what success is and we get all wrapped up in making it happen on our own.

Verses 1-3 in the Amplified Bible says, "Lord, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes haughty; Nor do I involve myself in great matters, or in things too difficult for me. Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul; like a weaned child [resting] with his mother, my soul is like a weaned child with me [composed and freed from discontent]. O Israel, hope in the Lord from this time forth and forever."

So let's "hope in the Lord from this time forth and forever." Not in ourselves. The NLT says verse 2a this way, "Instead, I have calmed and quieted myself" by putting my hope in the Lord, now and always. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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