The Humbling, the Hushing and the Hoping. 

The Humbling, the Hushing and the Hoping. 

1. THE HUMBLING:

“Lord, my heart is not proud; my eyes are not haughty…”

Psalms 131:1

Though this verse looks like the Psalmist is bragging about his humility, the truth is, he is simply stating what God already confirmed about him. This is how we know if we are humble: not when we declare it to God (that we are humble), but when God confirms It to us. Remember, Jesus did not speak of Himself as ‘the Beloved Son in Whom God was well pleased.’ It was the Father Who did that. Today, remember this: every believer is required to stay humble about good things; and every believer goes through seasons when they are humbled by hard times.

2. THE HUSHING:

“I have calmed and quieted myself…like a weaned child is my soul within me.’’

Psalms 131:2

When you face something very difficult and it humbles you, the next thing that happens is that you will quieten. The raging questions, the overflowing emotions – everything stops or quietens down. Remember how Job initially had all those questions for God? But later, when God humbled him by asking him questions he had no answer to, Job is finally hushed. In this period, you are weaned off everything you thought you most dearly needed.   

3. THE HOPING:

“O Israel, put your hope in the Lord…’’

Psalms 131:3

The humbling and the hushing produces great hoping. From the time you have been humbled about something, and quietened about something, your hope in God starts growing about that thing. Remember, you can’t have faith and hope growing when other things are also warring. But when your faith and hope starts to grow, your breakthrough and miracle comes close.

Mishael D’cruz-Paul
AFT, Vellore.
Ezekiel 16:6-8