My Whole Heart
“I will praise the Lord with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation” (Psalm 111:1).
As you meet with other believers today to worship and praise the Lord, remember that He wants us to give wholehearted praise. Not just mumbling some words, or singing without really putting our heart and soul into it. Often our thoughts can be a million miles away, while we merely mouth the words from a number in the hymnal. We can reverently close our eyes while someone else is speaking to the Lord and offering words of praise and thanksgiving, but we are thinking about something else.
If we have been occupied with Christ and walking with Him this past week, we will come together with a true response of praise. The Lord said about certain ones in His day, “This people draweth nigh unto Me with their mouth, and honoreth Me with their lips; but their heart is far from Me” (Matthew 15:8). That is not what He wants from us today. He wants a heart overflowing with an appreciation of Himself and His work.
