Setting: Traditional Worship
Length: 31:51

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Title: Worship with Humility
Main Scripture: Psalm 131
Main Topics: humility, Song of Ascents, preparing for worship

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A song of ascents. Of David.

    1 My heart is not proud, O LORD,
       my eyes are not haughty;
       I do not concern myself with great matters
       or things too wonderful for me.
    2 But I have stilled and quieted my soul;
       like a weaned child with its mother,
       like a weaned child is my soul within me.
    3 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD
       both now and forevermore

Psalm 131 is one of the shortest portions in the Bible

Charles Haddon Spurgeon:  if the all the psalms were compared to jewelry...this Psalm is a pearl necklace...

David speaks about his entire body as he worships God

Heart

Eyes

Feet

Mark 7:6
"Isaiah was right when he prophesied about    you hypocrites; as it is written:  " 'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me

Song of Ascents:  Psalms 120 to 134

-PRE-worship songs….why?

-David says:  My heart is not proud

-then from his heart, he points to his eyes

       I do not concern myself with great matters
       or things too wonderful for me.

-again, in the original Hebrew, it literally reads:  I do not walk myself

-true believers understand this

Copernicus accomplished much:
 “I do not seek a kindness equal to that given Paul.  Nor do I ask the grace granted to Peter.  But that forgiveness which Thou didst grant to the robber - that, earnestly I crave.”

John Newton accomplished much:
 “True, I’m going on before you, but you’ll soon come after me. When you arrive, our friendship will no doubt cause you to inquire for me.  But I can tell you already where you’ll most likely find me - I’ll be sitting at the feet of the thief whom Jesus saved in His dying moments on the cross.”

The following sermon is on the Reformation and focuses on Psalm 131:1

Here's another "song of ascents", Psalm 128, click:

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