His Presence

Most porches have pillars or posts - some decorative and some simply plain. One common thing they share, however, is what they do: they bear weight, upholding the rafters and roof above. David, the psalmist, wrote: "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. Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul; like a weaned child [resting] with his mother. y soul is like a weaned child within me [composed and freed from discontent]." (Psalm 131:1-2 AMP). Rest and contentment seem to be escape artists - you know, those things that slip away unannounced then position themselves out of grasp. David speaks of a determined heart that seeking genuine humility so that it can avert its trust in itself but in The One Who gives rest and contentment - true, steadfast, perfect. We are rarely attentive to those porch posts yet they do-what-they-do. David's  song describes a disciplined trust in The LORD, like a weaned child who no longer seeks its rest and contentment from physical nourishment but rather simply from the mother's presence. Such is the heart that is at rest and contented with and in The Presence of The Father through a sustained relationship with Jesus. May our porch posts remind us of God's sure and stead Presence through the days of our lives. Let us find all we need in ... His Presence.