Unite My Heart

 I'm sure you are a little bit like me.  If I had a sheet of paper, I could easily list 101 things that I have on my heart.  Some are little tedious tasks needing to be done.  Some are difficult situations heavy on my heart that I need wisdom from the Lord.  Some are thoughts of concern for a friend.  Some are contented thoughts as I think of so many blessings the Lord has given to me.  Some are feelings of nostalgia, mixed with a tiny bit of sadness as this season of my life is flying by.  Just like it says in Psalm 94:19, I have a "multitude of my thoughts within me."

So when I came across Psalm 86:11, it really resonated in my sometimes overloaded, bustling heart.  It says,

"Teach me thy way, O LORD;  I will walk in thy truth:  unite my heart to fear thy name."

I need that.  I need my heart to be united.  We all know how deceptive our hearts can be.   We have so many thoughts within us that it can be very deceiving to us.  Just think about it... We have the talent (I say that word with a little sarcasm ;o)  to have a heart of peace and worry.  At the same time!  We can cry while we are laughing.  We can go from anxiousness to rest in no time flat!  We can be all over the place!   We as ladies have to be careful that our "hearts" and our emotions don't lead us. And when our emotions want to lead us to be all over the place, we have to be on guard.  We have to have our heart be united.   Steady.  Intentional and purposeful. 

 Does that mean we won't ever feel many emotions at the same time? Surely not.  We are women and God created women with the gift to love, and feel, and be a comfort.  So sometimes that means that we can easily adapt to be what is needed.  What it doesn't mean is to have our hearts out of control and unpredictable. Do you have the reputation of others having to walk on eggshells because they don't know what mood Mom has today?  Do others not know how you will react or have a worry to approach you?  When our heart is not united, we are not the christian we ought to be.  We don't reflect Christ.  And our hearts are all over the place.  That's not how I want to live. 

 God's Word gives us so many clues on how to unite our hearts.  But I love the example I found this morning in the book of Joshua.  I love how the Lord gives the story of Caleb.  In Joshua 14 Caleb is now 85 years old.  He tells Joshua that he is stronger than ever!  (at 85!)  Three times in the chapter God chooses to let us know that Caleb "wholly followed the Lord."  Wholly.  Completely.  Every part.  He gave it his all.    

Right before these 3 declarations of Caleb's perseverance, we see in verse 7 Caleb say, "as it was in my heart."  Caleb couldn't have wholly followed the Lord if it wasn't in his heart!  It sounds like his heart was united with a solid purpose...to wholly follow God!  

That's what I want.  I want my heart to be united with an eternal purpose.  That's how I want to be. For me. For my family. For others. For the Lord

Seeking to please Him,

Kami