The prevailing cultural influences and worldly system do not make it easy to live a simple and contented life. In fact, they directly oppose such peaceable living. Psalm 131 provides us with a revolutionary and countercultural model of someone who achieved satisfaction and contentment in this life—and the next. This short psalm teaches us lessons that often take a lifetime to learn, and we will do well to learn from it the lessons of humility, simplicity, ambition and mutual encouragement.