Psa 131:1a, …LORD, MY HEART IS NOT HAUGHTY,
King David rejected pride, and so must we! Were not better than anyone else, Yes were Christians, but still sinners like everyone else!
Jas 4:6, But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “GOD RESISTS THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE.”
Psa 131:1b, Nor my eyes lofty.
King David also rejected arrogance. A prideful person will look down on others. THEY ARE NOT LIKE ME, I’M BETTER THAN THOSE LITTLE PEOPLE! Know that the LORD see’s everything you say and think of!
Isa 13:11 NLT, “I, the LORD, will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their sin. I WILL CRUSH THE ARROGANCE OF THE PROUD AND HUMBLE THE PRIDE OF THE MIGHTY.
Psa 131:1c, Neither do I concern myself with great matters, Nor with things too profound for me
David, being king, also rejected selfish ambition! It was not that he wanted to be king, but that GOD had chosen him! David wasn’t perfect, but his heart was set to do HIS will!
Act 13:22, … ‘I HAVE FOUND DAVID THE SON OF JESSE, A MAN AFTER MY OWN HEART, WHO WILL DO ALL MY WILL.’
Php 2:3, Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.
Don’t be deceived, HE knows your heart! Don’t do something that others may praise you for it, but do it in humility out of reverence to the LORD! Men see the external but HE sees your heart and knows your motives!
1Sa 16:7b, …FOR THE LORD DOES NOT SEE AS MAN SEES; FOR MAN LOOKS AT THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE, BUT THE LORD LOOKS AT THE HEART.”
Psa 131:2, Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul, Like a weaned child with his mother; Like a weaned child is my soul within me.
A child doesn’t know pride, doesn’t desire promotion, and is completely dependent on his/her parents! A child doesn’t know or even care about where his next meal will come from. WE MUST HAVE CHILDLIKE FAITH, NOT CHILDISH FAITH, IN OUR LOVING FATHER WHO IS ALWAYS THERE TO PICK US UP WHEN WE FALL! Trust in the LORD for HE is good!
Mar 10:15, Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.”