“My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is
fixed: I will sing and give praise.” – Psalms 57:7
Human beings were built for a fixed mark, just as a cutter was
built for a heading. The heart of a man or women was not meant to be
traded and bartered; solicited out to various suitors. No, it was
designed to be focused and set; to love God above all and through Him to live
in love. A heart without a supreme love
for God is adrift and vulnerable, but the heart with that love is complete and
driven.
A “cutter” vessel is typically a small to medium sized boat that
is built for speed. They are designed to
slice through oncoming swells with efficiency and pace. There is little in their architecture that
would hinder their progress amidst the open ocean; they are a seaworthy
vessel. However, like any boat, they are
built for a heading. Their seaworthiness
is directly dependent on their need for direction and power; without these two
things the vessel is lost and doomed to destruction. They are built to move forward and face whatever
the angry sea can muster, however without direction and without power they
become little more than a fine piece of drift wood.
When we were created, we were made in the likeness and image of
God. The relationship was established
and the purpose of our being fixed. We
were in glorious fellowship with the Father and one another. Sin broke that fellowship and gave our hearts
another goal, another heading; it brought to us the will of Satan disguised as
the will of self. No more did we find continuous
praise in our bosom or virtuous tempers in our soul; we were creatures of wrath
and that was quantified in the law that God set forth years later. This wrath within continues in the human race
even until now; it is called carnality.
It divides the heart. It divides
it against God, against itself, against your fellowman, your spouse, your
children, etc. It wants, and wants, and
wants some more. The motive of it all is
hidden in industry and commerce; going and coming, but the final product is
akin to a vessel without direction, without power. You find yourself adrift in this life tossed to and fro with every wind of
doctrine. Driven by lust
counterfeited as love. This is a life
without Jesus, without the Holy Ghost power within, without the experience of
sanctification. I will not say it is
your life (though the Spirit may), I can say it once was mine; and no matter
who you are or where you come from, it doesn’t have to be this way. Jesus can give you direction and purpose, he
can put power within and drive your boat of life forward. He can fix your heart.
The fixed heart is a heart renewed to Garden of Eden
fellowship. A heart that is restored to
image of God! How wonderful it is when
the Holy Ghost comes in and creates within you a love for God supreme and a
subsequent love for your neighbor. It is
the direction and power that arms you against the storms of life. It helps you to see and understand that you
were built for this, created for this; to glorify God. Have you ever wondered how Christians who
have no money, comforts, or even personal freedom can be so at peace? They feel no longing, no striving, but
peace? How is it? Because peace cometh not from what is
without, but from what is within. As a
vessel is built for a captain, so the heart of man is built for God’s purpose
giving Spirit. The heart is fixed and
because it is fixed it is at peace. It
wants for nothing, and offers praise for everything. It is no longer divided, broken, or
wandering; it is complete, forever set on Jesus. We have a heading, we have power from God,
power to make it through any storm and land safe on the other shore.
