“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 ship was built for a heading. The heart of a man or woman was not meant to be traded or 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.
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 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 our own will. We were now creatures of wrath and that was quantified in the law that God set forth years later. This wrath continues in the human race even until now; it is called carnality. This carnality is an enemy against God, against us, against our fellowman, spouse, children, etc. It is selfishness, it is sin. It lusts, and wants, and looks out for its own. Driven by lust counterfeited as love, the one with the carnal nature within finds themselves adrift in this life tossed to and fro with every wind of doctrine. 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 the 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? 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 made for the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. The heart is fixed and because it is fixed it is at peace. It lacks nothing and offers praise for everything. It is no longer divided, broken, or wandering; it is complete, forever set on Christ. We have a heading, we have power from God, power to make it through any storm and land us safely on the other shore called Heaven.
