Working in cardiology over the years, there was always the standard question given to the patients each morning, “How’s your heart feeling today?” I was always amazed that the majority would answer spiritually, instead of literally… "I'm just feeling really worried,” or “I’ve struggled with feelings of hopelessness for a while, but I didn’t want to take pills.” It’s so interesting, that even lying in a hospital bed, on the Cardiac ward, their first response is to answer to the core of who they are - a spiritual being.
This truth is evident everywhere today. In spite of a world in chaos, war ripping across the globe, inflation destroying family budgets, a New globalist World Order rising - the cry of people’s hearts is much deeper than these exact issues, but a longing for God, for peace, love, joy, security, and a future to believe in.
David was called a “man after God’s own heart,” and we read why… “David did whatever the Lord wanted him to do” (Acts 13:22). In spite of his less-than perfect situation (being youngest, smallest, not even viewed by his father as an option for king), he loved and obeyed the Lord, so much so, that praise and worship flowed out of him. Another reason, is his deep love for God’s Word. “For I delight in Your commands because I love them and meditate on them!” (Psalm 119:47, 48)
His thankfulness was evident even in the darkest of days… “Oh Lord, I will proclaim out loud Your praise and tell of all Your wonderful deeds” (Psalm 26:7). “Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise! Give thanks to Him; bless His Name.” (Psalm 100:4). Reading this, you’d never know he was running for his life, or in anguish over his sin before God, but he was able to praise God for His goodness in spite of all that is wrong. We can, too.
David acknowledged wholeheartedly, “I have sinned against You and You alone”(2 Samuel 12:13). “Have mercy on me O God, according to Your steadfast love, according to Your abundant mercy, blot out my transgression. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin” (Psalm 51:1, 2).
May we have hearts that are so full of love for God’s Word, growing in faith and thankfulness, praise and repentance, that the problems of this life are not the main subject of our story, but that we are people after God’s own heart, too.
That’s truly a healthy heart!
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