Day 4- The Heart of Worship Psalm 119: 25-32

Daleth - A curious phenomenon occurs in the life of the child of God. At the moment of our death to sin we are instantly made gloriously alive in Christ. Our sensibilities suddenly change. The things we once craved and treasured become infinitely loathsome. We look in amazement vainly trying to see a sparkle of the magic that once held us captive. No wonder the songwriter says, “Turn your eyes upon Jesus/Look full in his wonderful face/And the things of this earth will grow strangely dim/In the light of his glory and grace."
Stranger still there is no slaking this thirst for the presence of our Beloved. The more we know him the more our souls cry for full disclosure. We no sooner sit at his table and feast with him than the hunger for Bread returns, stronger than ever. This longing within us often drives the believer to the altar not of penitence but in search of communion. We find ourselves “declaring our ways” or examining our way of life, being careful to isolate and eradicate anything with the potential to block our fellowship. We cry with David in Psalm 139 search me – my heart, my thoughts. Here we see a fundamental difference in the believer’s and the sinner’s approach to error. The sinner tries to justify or cover sin and walk on as if nothing happened. The child of God, who sins will run to him in true confession, repent and stick close to the Savior so fellowship is not broken.
Last, truth is a choice. We can dig down the walls of our façade confident the grace of God will raise us from the rubble and claim us as children of his heart.© 8/2010