A Look at Psalm 119:112

Psalm 119:112 “My heart is set on keeping your decrees to the very end.”
 

David’s heart was fixed on God. To be “set” or “fixed” means to be attached. His heart was steadfast – there was no wavering. No longer was he tossed to and fro, carried about by the wind of every doctrine. He knew his God and that was that. 

He was determined to obey God right up until the last day, the very end. We live in a day wherein people’s hearts are failing them for fear of what is coming upon the earth. If our hearts are not fixed on God, they could fail us also.
 

David had a unique heart. It seems that from his early days he had a desire for God that others admired. A steadfast heart is not necessarily one which never errs. David had many sins, yet he is not known for them. He is known as a man after God’s own heart.
 

That is reflected in his confession of adultery with Bathsheba. In Psalm 51:10 and 17 we read, “Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart.”
 

David’s key was that his heart was fixed on God. Even though he sinned from time to time (and these were not small sins), he always ultimately returned to God and said, “Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love… for I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.” David was always in heart surgery. He knew the central point of his relationship with God was the heart.
 

Nothing has changed today. The heart is still the central issue. The heart is the home of Jesus. It needs to be pure and it needs to be broken. Those two things develop the steadfast, fixed heart. Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.
 

Now let me encourage you to take some time to meditate on this verse; as you do, ask God for a pure, steadfast heart.

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