Psalm 131 and Psalm 127:1-2
August 27, 2017
preached by Doug Cooper
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Time of Reflection Quotations

“In coming to understand anything, we are rejecting the facts as they are for us, in favor of the facts as they are.”

~ C.S. Lewis (1898-1963), British author, theologian, and Christian apologist

“Contentment is far more powerful than a change of circumstances. Instead of being sourced on the outside and subject to changing circumstances, biblical contentment comes from within and endures through the spectrum of circumstances.”

~ Erik Raymond, contemporary pastor and author

“Faith is not a refuge from reality. It is a demand that we face reality, with all its difficulties, opportunities, and implications.”

~ Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941), English Anglo-Catholic writer

“Faith is a reasoning trust, a trust which reckons thoughtfully and confidently upon the trustworthiness of God.”

~ John R. Stott (1921-2011), English minister and author

“How many of our sleepless hours might be traced to our untrusting and disordered minds. They slumber sweetly whom faith rocks to sleep. No pillow so soft as a promise; no coverlet so warm as an assured interest in Christ.”

“True rest to the mind of the child of God is rest on the wing, rest in motion, rest in service, not rest with the yoke off, but with the yoke on.”

~ C.H. Spurgeon (1834-1892), English pastor and author

“What makes authentic disciples is not visions, ecstasies, biblical mastery of chapter and verse, or spectacular success in the ministry, but a capacity for faithfulness. Buffeted by the fickle winds of failure, battered by their own unruly emotions, and bruised by rejection and ridicule, authentic disciples may have stumbled and frequently fallen, endured lapses and relapses, gotten handcuffed to the fleshpots and wandered into a far country. Yet, they kept coming back to Jesus.”

~ Brennan Manning (1934-2013), American author and former priest

Sermon Passage

Psalm 131 (NASB) and Psalm 127:1-2 (ESV)

Psalm 131
¹ 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.
² 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.
³ O Israel, hope in the Lord
From this time forth and forever.

Psalm 127:1-2
¹ Unless the Lord builds the house,
those who build it labor in vain.
Unless the Lord watches over the city,
the watchman stays awake in vain.
² It is in vain that you rise up early
and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious toil;
for he gives to his beloved sleep.