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.
Body parts calling out the loudest, demanding – insisting Urgent needs my body insists – give it first rights. “Preserve me,” it demands, and then take care of others. My soul cries out. “Preserve me, I am the real you –
I am the source that tells you what to say and do, Nurture me, and all else will fall into place – And everything else will function right following my pace.” Many parts, each divergent, call for my attention.
Joy comes when the Lord is in control. It is His right and purpose to regulate my soul. God’s faithful care and interest are what give me real peace – He unites each part of me so that holiness will not cease.
“Teach me, intellect calls, with food convenient for my soul,” For intellect unites the rest to make one complete whole. Through the eyes and ears comes truth to regulate my life, And the soul with sensitivity makes truth come to light.
But something else is needed; desire comes from my heart. Truth awakened conscience and stirred the soul at the start. But the heart moved with emotion, causing all united to begin To take truth and intellect, and will reveal to me my sin.
A united heart – the whole personage- turns a person unto God. Every part of me together alive leads me to own Christ as Lord. Faith mixed with them works all united by one united heart, And produces the full life God intended from the start.
“I need Thee to preserve me from myself, Father, and to unite every part of this divergent personality into an integrated person that can be used by Thee for Thy glory. Here I am, O Lord God, make me into whatever Thou would have me be and to do whatever Thou would have me do. I pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”