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Daily Devotion: Psalm 108:1-3

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Psalm 108:1-3  A Song or Psalm of David "O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.  (2)  Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.  (3)  I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations."

I've said this before and I will say it again, "I'm so thankful that God created music." There is something about the harmony in a song that touches the very seat of our being. I believe music is born from our emotions whether it be joy, gladness, hope, assurance, peace, or even sadness and sorrow. To me, that is why music makes its way to our hearts. Music moves from one heart to another, from one's emotion to another's emotion.  

One of the saddest times is when the heart cannot sing. I'm not sure what David had been through when he wrote this Psalm, but he begins with the thought that his heart is ready to sing. His emotions were ready to be awakened and his heart was ready to praise the Lord once again. I know that true worship is deeper than an emotional feeling, but the reality is that our emotions are affected by worship and praise unto the Lord. David said, "My heart is fixed." I've always looked at those words in three different ways. I believe the manner that David wrote was that His heart was in a fixed, unmoveable, position. He was set in a fixed position to offer praise unto the Lord. But another way of looking at the word is to say that his broken heart had been fixed, or repaired. We know that only God can fix, or repair, a broken heart and place the music back in its proper place. The third way of looking at the word, fixed, comes from my "country roots". When I'm getting ready to do something, I might say, "I'm fixin' to go to the store." That is to say, I'm ready and about to begin the action. To me, any or all of these meanings could fit at any point of David's life.

So this morning, may we all have our hearts fixed to sing and give praise unto the Lord.

1 O for a heart to praise my God,
a heart from sin set free,
a heart that always feels Thy blood
so freely shed for me.

2 A heart resigned, submissive, meek,
my great Redeemer's throne,
where only Christ is heard to speak,
where Jesus reigns alone.

by Charles Wesley

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