O GOD, MY HEART IS FIXED.

 

MARCH 25
 
O God, my heart is fixed.
 
Psalm 108:1
 

IF so, and if it is fixed on the right object,
   it is an unspeakable mercy.
 
The sinner’s heart can find no rest.
 
It roves from object to object, and
  fixes first on one thing, and
  then upon another, but there is no repose.
 
No one can fix the heart but God; and
  if he fix it, it is upon himself.
 
Before the heart can be fixed,
  we must be thoroughly convinced of the emptiness.
  and vanity of all earthly things.
 
We must be weaned from every thing on earth.
 
We must perceive the excellency and
  glory of God, in the person of Jesus Christ.
 
We must be reconciled to him, and
  be assured that he is at peace with us.
 
We must believe his precious promise and
  rely for acceptance on the finished work of Jesus alone.
 
We must learn by experience the sweetness of communion with him.
 
We must either be driven by trials, troubles
  and disappointments from all our broken cisterns,
  to him as the fountain of living waters; or
  be drawn by the powerful influences of the Holy Spirit,
  to build our all upon him as the rock of ages.
 
The soul first fixed on the work of Christ,
  then on his glorious person, and
   ultimately on God as revealed in Christ.
 

My God, now fix my wandering heart,

And let it centre in thy love;

Thy sanctifying grace impart,

Nor let me after idols rove.

 
James Smith 1849