Teach me your way, O LORD, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. ~ Psalm 86:11 (NIV)
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When two people are totally in love with each other, one would say that they have an undivided heart. They are totally committed to the other, and their heart is not partially sitting in another camp. Their devotion, their level of emotion, their resolve is "all in" for that person. Not 50 or 75%, but all in. 100%. And when two people both commit to "all in", that relationship is solid and thriving! Cupid's arrows may try to create this kind of "magic", but an undivided heart isn't fashioned from candy hearts, flowers and chocolate, but from intentional devotion to one another.
We have all either experienced firsthand or seen in our family or friends the ramifications of a divided heart. When commitment begins to wane, watch out, because that 10% that starts sitting over there in the alcohol camp to escape, or that 20% that goes and pitches a tent in the flirtation camp to get some kicks, or that 30% that sets up a folding chair in the resentment/hatred camp because they avoid communicating is dividing the heart. And then you're no longer "all in", but only "part in". It goes without saying that this methodology is a relationship killer. And the divorce statistics are right there to give a sad, ''amen...''
Our relationship with God is the same. When we are sold out to God with no room for devotion splinters elsewhere, there is joy and contentment in our walking journey with Him. But when we splinter off part of our heart toward doubt, false teaching, complacency, or rebellion, how can we have a decent relationship with Him? David knew his penchant for a splintered heart, and he was honest with God about it. He also knew that God could give him what he needed to be "all in" with Him. So he asked.
I pray we can examine our heart toward God, and see if we identify any splinters. If we have fractured our devotion to Him, praise God, it's possible to be "all in" again, by the power of His Holy Spirit. We can recommit our hearts to the Lord and make an intentional choice not to allow the distraction and deception of sin to divide our heart for God. We can ask Him to give us an undivided heart so that we can respect Him and keep our love relationship with Him intact and healthy.
God's heart is "all in", 100%, toward us. May we choose the same toward Him.
Love,
Joelene
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