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Seeing Jesus in Psalm 131

  Psalm 131 A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. A psalm of David. 1 Lord, my heart is not proud;     my eyes are not haughty. I don’t concern myself with matters too great     or too awesome for me to grasp. 2 Instead, I have calmed and quieted myself,     like a weaned child who no longer cries for its mother’s milk.     Yes, like a weaned child is my soul within me . 3 O Israel, put your hope in the Lord—     now and always. MAIN POINT: We can trust Jesus with our future because we have trusted Him with our past and found Him to be trustworthy. David says he comes to the Lord in humility and simplicity. He says he is content. David tells us he has grown up enough he knows he will be cared for by the Lord. And he ends with hope. The past, the present and the future are covered by David’s hope in the Lord.  Let’s look back as David did. David tells us he is now like a we...