Psalm 131
Reflexion, A Spiritual Community
English - January 16, 2022 05:00 - 47 minutes - 33 MB - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsEducation Religion & Spirituality Christianity chuck smith christianity bible Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
When we read the Psalms, we are in the realm of sacred poetry
Poetry begins in the heart and it speaks to the heart
- we can analyze a poem – take it into the lab and dissect it
• but if we go too far, we kill the specimen
• in our first encounter with a poem we need to hear it--that’s all
◦ listen to the music of its rhythm
◦ feel the effect of its words and images
- what I feel in this poem is contentment
• here is a poet who accepts himself as he is
my heart is not lifted up
◦ in the Old Testament, a heart lifted up is conceited, full of itself
my eyes are not raised too high
◦ eyes looking downward is a gesture of humility
I do not occupy myself with things
too great and too marvelous for me
• he does not grasp at things beyond his reach
◦ this reminds me of a classic Eastwood line,
“A man’s got to know his limitations”