An Undivided Heart

Scripture:
“Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever. For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths of the grave.” Psalm 86:11-13
 
Observation:
When God is teaching me His word and guiding me in His way my heart should be pure, undivided and focused on Him. From my undivided heart praise should resonate for my Savior. Through His word, His teaching and His truth I know that He is the one who saved me.
 
Application:
It’s not easy to think about having an undivided heart because as believers we want the think that our heart belongs completely to God but I know that I can often have a divided heart. In the midst of life there are many things that can pull my attention away from God and what He is teaching me. Most of the time I find the things that divided my attention, are not necessarily bad things. It could be something as simple as our family or job that can divide our hearts. When we allow other things in our life to come before God our heart becomes divided. When we seek God, desire to know Him and to meet with Him everything else will fall into place. I often find it hard to offer up praise when my heart and mind are distracted but when I take the time to seek God in those moments I understand that my priorities are out of place. God first, everything else after!  Refocusing my heart to Him brings great praise, praise that He is due simply because He loves me and saved me.
 
Prayer:
God give me a whole heart. Allow my focus, my time and my energy to be all about you. Show me the things in my life that divide my heart so that I may remove them to make room for you. I pray that in all I do my praise will resonate for you and that in that others would see you high and lifted up. Thank you for your work and thank you for loving me.

— Heather Burdette, preschool minister, Reservoir campus