Seize the Moment – Day 1267
The Consolations of the Spirit!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Tuesday,
Take a moment to contemplate Spurgeon’s insight on Psalm 131, “It is one of the shortest Psalms to read, but one of the longest to learn.”[1] While the promises of Psalm 131 will be simple to memorize, the practices of experiencing the consolations of the Spirit will take a lifetime to master. Stop everything and meditate upon today’s psalm:
O 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 composed and quieted my soul; like a weaned child rests against his mother, my soul is like a weaned child within me. O Israel, hope in the Lord from this time forth and forever.
Jesus promised in Matthew 18:4, “Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” How are you to become like a weaned child, resting peacefully against the comforting presence of its loving mother? The consolations of the Spirit are found when you take God at His Word and trust Him the same way a weaned child has learned to trust its mother – totally and without reservation. Paul teaches us a few of these practices in Philippians 4:6-7, “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
Seize the moment and pray Psalm 131, meditating upon the promises of God and how you can walk in them today so that you may experience the consolations of the Spirit, as Jesus promised in John 14:27, “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.”
God bless you!
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