A United Heart
Psalm 86:11
Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
“Unite my heart to fear thy name.”
Sincerity drives but one design, and that is to please and enjoy God; and what can more establish and fix the soul in the hour of temptation than this? The reason why the hypocrite is unstable in all his ways, is given us by the apostle: he is a “double-minded man,” a man of two souls in one body.… But all the designs of a gracious heart are united in one; and so the entire stream of his affections run strong.…
If the heart be united for God, then we may say of such a Christian, as was said of the young Roman, “What he does is done with all his might.” A man of only one design, puts out all his strength to carry it; nothing can stand before him.
Sincerity brings a man’s will into subjection to the will of God; and this being done, the greatest danger and difficulty is over with such a man. This is that holy oil that makes the wheels of the soul run nimbly, even in the difficult paths of obedience.
Charles H. Spurgeon, ed., The Treasury of David.
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"Sincerity brings a man’s will into subjection to the will of God; and this being done, the greatest danger and difficulty is over with such a man."
How sincere are you?
