The Will to One Thing
He doesn’t start with a request. That’s where a lot of my prayers start. I need something, or I want something, and after a word of address, “Lord,” I run quickly to my request. Perhaps you do too, more often than we should. But David starts with a declaration, “My heart is steadfast, O God.”
Having a “steadfast” heart, a heart fixed on trusting a God worth singing about. David “set” his heart to seek God, to be steadfast in his commitment to the God of the covenant.
I read David’s first line, and I am immediately challenged to ask if I can make the same declaration. Is my heart steadfast? Everything he says in this psalm he has said before (cf. Psalm 57 and 60). But he gathers these thoughts together again, to say them again, because it is important. It is important to train our souls to remember the God of the Covenant.
It is important to:
- vs. 2 Rise with a song of praise in the morning.
- vs. 3 To give thanks to YHWH among God’s people.
- To give thanks to YHWH among the nations.
- vs. 4 To remember His lovingkindness is magnificent.
- And that His truth touches the skies.
An Offering for the Poetry Project
The Will to One Thing
“My heart is steadfast,” said the future king.
And I wondered if I, by spirit, was related.
Could I, too, have a steadfast heart? Loving
the King of glory with singing unabated.Could I awaken the dawn with lyrics?
Could I help the nations fall in love with You?
What if Your lovingkindness vanquished cynics
and the nations sang as loud as heaven made new?“I want what David declared. I need a steadfast
heart fixed on You. You have made me a son
in Your family. Now replace my heart at last.
Save me, O God, and answer me, for I am Yours.“Deliverance by man is vain. (Oh, remember this!)
But through You we will do valiantly, and it is He
who shall tread down our adversaries. We dismiss
all other help. Sorën said it well, we owe to Thee
“Purity of heart, the will to one thing.” Amen.
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