Message Notes

SSS 4 4 October 2026

Text: Psalm 131

1 Lord, my heart is not haughty,
Nor my eyes lofty.
Neither do I concern myself with great matters,
Nor with things too profound for me.

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.

3 O Israel, hope in the Lord
From this time forth and forever.

Psalm 131:1-3

RETURNING TO FUNDAMENTALS

Lord, my heart is not haughty,
Nor my eyes lofty.
Neither do I concern myself with great matters,
Nor with things too profound for me.

Psalm 131:1

1. The heart and the eyes

a) The heart must be cleansed from haughtiness

b) The eyes must never despise others

2. True humility

a) Great matters

b) Things that are beyond human comprehension

c) They are accepted as “things too profound”

IMAGERY OF A WEANED CHILD

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.

3 O Israel, hope in the Lord
From this time forth and forever.

Psalm 131:2-3

1. A weaned child

a) A weaned child with his mother

b) The soul is compared to a weaned child

c) Features to note:

i) Calmness

ii) Quietness

iii) Not fretful or anxious

2. True Hope in God

a) To return to Hope in God

b) Content of this Hope
(The Songs of Ascents)

c) To Trust the Lord forevermore

REMEMBERING THE TEACHING OF THE LORD JESUS

1At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

2 Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them,

3 and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.

4 Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

5 Whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me.

Matthew 18:1-5

1. The fight to be “the greatest in the kingdom of heaven”

Sadly a common and grim reality

2. The Lord’s firm teaching

a) Unless you are converted

b) And become as little children

c) You will by no means enter into the kingdom of heaven

3. Humbling of self

a) Humbling of self as a little child

b) This person is “the greatest in the kingdom of heaven”

c) Receiving a little child in the Lord’s name is receiving Him!