April 23

"Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name." (Psalm 86:11, NIV)

Could it be that only an undivided heart is able to fear God correctly? Hmm…. Something for our hearts to muse on.

It was the actions of praise and worship that stood out to me in Psalm 71. "I will ever praise you, My mouth is filled with your praise, declaring your splendor all day long But as for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more. My mouth will tell of your righteousness, of your salvation all day long, I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, I will proclaim your righteousness, I declare your marvelous deeds, I declare your power to the next generation, your might to all who are to come. I will praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praise to you with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel. My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you, My tongue will tell of your righteous acts all day long” Thinking about God is NOT good enough. My mouth, my lips and my hands with my heart need to express out loud the praise of my God. The words like declare and proclaim speak loudly to me.

Oh God I will declare you loudly my God. I will tell of you, declare you, praise you – out loud, for I want all to hear of my devotion to you – even my own soul will hear and praise you!