We all would like to think that we know where we are going and how to get there.

But at every stage in life, we need divine direction. God has promised to guide us if we simply follow.

The fifth and final section of Psalms are referred to as Deuteronomy Psalms because they remind

us to keep returning to the truth of God's Word.

Join us as we study them with Scott Pauli today. Today's Psalm, Psalm 131 is a deeply personal Psalm.

It is written by David, and it is all about David.

Specifically, it is about David's relationship to God,

and I think it gives us some insight into why he's referred to as the man after God's own heart.

It gives us some insight into the intimate, personal walk that David had with his God.

It's only three verses long.

In fact, Charles Spurgeon said that this

particular psalm was one of the shortest Psalms to read, but one of the longest to learn. I think

you'll understand why in just a moment. Listen to these three verses. Lord, my heart is not haughty,

nor mine eyes lofty, neither do I exercise myself in great matters or in things too high for me.

Surely I have behaved and quieted myself as a child that is weaned of his mother.

My soul is even as a winged child.

Let Israel hope in the Lord from henceforth and forever.

Do you see why Spurgeon would say this is a psalm that takes a long time to learn?

He meant by experience because it's a psalm of a man whose heart has had to be matured,

who has had to grow, who has had to move

beyond childhood and infancy to a maturity in his walk with God.

And I must say, I want this for my own life.

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