Childlike Trust in the Lord

Passage to be read: Psalm 131

Lord, my heart is not proud; I don't look down on others.

I don't do great things, and I can't do miracles.

But I am calm and quiet, like a baby with its mother.

I am at peace, like a baby with its mother.

(Psalm 131: 1-2)

As people who face every day's challenges, we have learned to wake up each day with a little burning lamp of hope within us. And, more than anything, the trust we have in the Lord who led us through yesterday, has grown throughout the day and we trust Him more on this day. Many a times we realize, it's not a trust out of maturity, but a childlike trust in the Lord, totally surrendering ourselves to Him.

There are moments when we, all of a sudden, realize that our heart has become a little bit proud. Proud about a recent achievement, proud about the social status into which we would have moved into recently, proud about the influence we would have made in the community and even proud about the God-given blessings. And at times, we look down on others. Our lifestyle demands that we chose the right people to be in contact with. We begin to separate ourselves from our own environment and reserve things for us. And finally, there is a point where we begin to realize that we are not "everything" and we cannot do "everything."

Look what the Psalmist says in the verse we have read above. He admits that he is not at all considerable by others, and even not appealing to himself! By addressing to the Lord, he finds his way out to ensure that he is not proud, he doesn't look down on others, he is unable to do great things and can't do miracles. And, then, he humbles himself in front of the Lord while he admits that he is just like a baby with its mother; he is at peace. What a submission! And God loves it when we totally submit ourselves into His hands, losing all our pride and keeping away our mini strengths.

Today, as we look around ourselves, there would be so much of incidents, things and circumstances that make us feel that we could do everything. We tend to believe that we are capable of completing a particular task without the help of anyone. We take pride in imagining that "I, myself, is sufficient enough to complete this simple task." But we all know what happens in the long run. There comes a moment, a point of realization, when we understand that we ourselves are not enough! And then we run to God, asking for His help. In others words, we are people who, a lot of times, keep God as the back-up-plan!  And blessed is the one whose first and last is the trust in the Lord.

Look at the difference that is understood in those words by the Psalmist.

"Lord, my heart is not proud; I don't look down on others.

I don't do great things, and I can't do miracles.

But I am calm and quiet." 

(Psalm 131: 1-2)

So much of negatives and impossibilities are made positive and possible when our plans and actions are based and totally depending on the Lord. As the Psalmist continues to say, life that was like a storm becomes peaceful and quiet, while a childlike innocent grows in us. When we begin to have that childlike trust in the Lord, we would be exactly like a child that is peacefully sleeping on the mother's lap. So inter-assured, so trustworthy and nothing much to break your head with. God will take care of the entire conditions in and around us.

My dear friend in Christ, I just want to encourage you today to have a childlike trust in the Lord. In this season of remembering the Saviour's birth let us remind ourselves of His purpose of coming to this earth. He came to remind us that He is there for us and we could depend on Him. Let us not depend much in ourselves, but totally submit ourselves into the hands of our Lord, our Creator and our Preserver and let us learn to build our strong pillars on Him; our one and only strong foundation.

May God bless you.

Yours in Christ,