“My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is
fixed: I will sing and give praise.” – Psalms 57:7
The heart of a man was not meant to be traded, bartered, or
solicited out to various suitors. No, it
was designed to be focused and set; to love God above all and live through Him
in perfect love. A heart without a
supreme love for God is adrift and vulnerable, but the fixed heart is complete.
As sanctified believers we are called to a fixed mark, just as a
cutter was built for a heading. 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. 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, but 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 or virtuous tempers in our soul. Rather the creature was subject to wrath and
that was quantified in the law that God set forth years later. This wrath within continues even until now;
it is called carnality. It takes the
heart away from God, which thereby carries it away from your fellowman, your
spouse, your children. Carnality only
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 from 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 fix your heart.
He can put power within and drive your boat of life forward.
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.
