Godly Heart: February 22, 2013

TODAY’S WORD FOR FRIDAY FEBRUARY 22, 2013

GODLY HEART

Definition:

The center of our emotions, feelings, affection, and our desires.

SCRIPTURE:

Trust in the Lord and do good. Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:2-3.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

Most people that believe on the Lord understand that He promises to give us the desires of our hearts. The problem for most people is that they forget that the attitude of their heart plays a vital role in bringing it to fruition.

Psalm 37 gives to us several principles that clearly point out our responsibility to have the necessary commitment to make our heart acceptable to God in order for us to claim and receive promises from God, including receiving the desires of our hearts from the Lord.

To receive the desires of our heart, in Psalm 37:4, we are told to rejoice in the Lord at all times and have a continual desire to walk with Him in obedience. The Lord must have first place in your life before you can claim this promise in this verse.

In Psalm 37:5 the writer, David, tells us to commit our ways to the Lord. We need to be willing daily to change any aspect of our ambition that is not His will. If we are walking with God we will know clearly when we face such a decision. Remember, when you pray asking for something according to God’s will and He does not answer as you desire, it is for a reason that only He knows now.

It is also written in verse 5 that we are to trust in Him. God is merciful, all knowing, kind, and generous. You can trust Him with all of your hopes and dreams if you have a Godly heart, one that is totally in submission to Him.

In Psalm 37:7 we are told to rest in Him. Resting in the Lord means to fully trust Him to answer your prayers in His timing. When you rest in Him, He will also transform your aspirations so that your prayer requests, will conform to His will.

Also in verse 7 we are told in order to have a Godly heart we need to learn to wait on the Lord patiently. This is hard because most of us have mindsets that are impatient. Jesus waited about three decades before beginning His three year ministry. He was God from birth, but it was the will of His father to wait, and He did for 30 years. According to His example, waiting for God’s leading is one of the key principles that we need to learn to live a Godly Christian life.

Do your desires align with God’s purpose and plan for your life? He longs to give every believer abundant blessings and fullness of His joy. Allow your dreams to be conformed to His will and follow His guidance faithfully and patiently and then see what God can do for you.

LEARNING:

Our memory verse for this week is found in Psalm 23:1.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

PRAYER:

Help me to align my life standards with Your purpose for me. Make me an example today so that others that walk and talk with me will experience the joy of the Lord through me. Give me a Godly heart ready to serve You as You desire.