I Love You With My WHOLE Heart

Teach my your way, O Lord, the way of your statutes; and I will keep it to the end. Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe with my whole heart. – Psalm 119:33-34

Welcome to a new week of Freedom Fighter blogs. I can’t thank you enough for joining me on this weekly journey. I appreciate you, my brothers and trust that what we are sharing with you is an encouragement to you in your daily walk.

Several weeks ago we went to visit a church in Delaware where a dear friend is the associate pastor. We had the joy of meeting our son Josh and his family and worshipped together. My little grandson, William Henry is quite the kid. He has the biggest eyes and the greatest personality.

When we were getting ready to leave after having dinner, I picked up will and said, “You know Pop loves you a bushel and a peck, right?” He put his hands on my cheek and said, “And I wuv you with my wholllllllllllllllle heart!” That sure melted my heart.

My friend, you need to remind yourself daily that your heavenly Father loves YOU with HIS whole heart. Isn’t that amazing?

But there is another side to this relationship – he desires you and me to do the same. If you’ve never done this before, google an on-line concordance or if you have one, crack open your hard copy concordance and look up all the references to the words “all your heart” or “whole heart.”

David in today’s verses is thanking the Lord for His statutes. Earlier in the Psalm 19 he reminds us that:

The law of the Lord is PERFECT = reviving the soul.
The testimony of the Lord is SURE = making wise the simple.
The precepts of the Lord are RIGHT =rejoicing the heart.
The commandment of the Lord is PURE = enlightening the eyes.
The fear of the Lord is CLEAN = enduring forever.
The rules of the Lord are TRUE and RIGHTEOUS all together.

Wow. Is it any wonder that David’s prayer is that he would want to love the word and desire to obey it with his whole heart? Now here’s the deal – we can’t do that on our own. We can only do this as we allow Christ to live HIS perfect life through you and me. We could never live up to the law on our own.

Is there an area in your heart that has not been surrendered to Him. Can you identify those areas that need to be cleaned out of your heart so that you can love Him with your whole heart?

Running the race with joy,

Bill Welte
President/CEO America’s Keswick

Daily Bible Reading: Exodus 4-6; Mark 15:26-47

Quote of the day: Holiness has to do with more than mere acts. Our motives must be holy, that is, arising from a desire to do something simply because it is the will of God.

Jerry Bridge

Bible Memory: Teach my your way, O Lord, the way of your statutes; and I will keep it to the end. Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe with my whole heart. – Psalm 119:33-34