Psalm 119:145

Psalm 119:145 “I call with all my heart; answer me, O Lord, and I will obey Your decrees.”
 

There are several things David did “with all his heart.” He followed God with all his heart (1 Kings 14:8), he would praise God with all his heart (Psalm 9:1). He would seek God with all his heart (Psalm 119:34), he sought God’s face with all his heart (Psalm 119:58), and he kept God’s precepts with all his heart. What a wonderful quality. This was what distinguished David from others. 

David had a pure heart, which is the opposite of a deceitful heart. A pure heart can seek God with all that it is because it has nothing to hide. The heart is who we are. When it is pure, so are we. If the heart is deceitful, so are we. If there is deceit in our heart, we are hindered in our pursuit of God.

We read about the deceitful heart in Hosea 10:2-3: “Their heart is deceitful, and now they must bear their guilt. The Lord will demolish their altars and destroy their sacred stones. Then they will say, ‘We have no king because we did not revere the Lord.’”
 

The deceitful heart is a divided heart. It cannot focus on God wholly. David was able to give his heart wholly to God because there was no deceitfulness in it. The people in Hosea’s day recognized that they had no king because they did not revere the Lord. To do anything unto God with our whole heart is to recognize His as our KING. David called unto his KING with his heart. “Answer me, and I will obey.”     

I encourage you to take some time to meditate on this verse. As you do, consider the condition of your own heart.  Continued