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Wake up my Heart! (Psalm 54:7-8)


Scripture of the day: Psalm 54:7-8a

 7 My heart, O God, is steadfast,  my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make music. 8 Awake, my soul! …Psalm 54:7-8a NIV

7 My heart is confident in you, O God; my heart is confident. No wonder I can sing your praises!  8 Wake up, my heart! …Psalm 54:7-8a NLT

I started this blog almost a year ago today! In honor of that, the fact that this is my 101st post (thank you for sticking with me!), and that I feel like I have been hit by a bus with some weird illness - this post is a recap of my very first one! It also served me as a nice reminder of why I am attempting to write these twice a week!

I named this blog "Wake up my Heart," because of the following devotion, written from Psalm 57. Hopefully it will remind us all to focus on keeping our heart awake so that we always remember to be confident in our mighty God!

Different translations of the bible often cause me to think about the same verses in new/different ways and Psalm 57 is a great example of this:

When you read the verses above, notice the differences are slight - "steadfast" versus "confident" and "heart" versus "soul." 

It seems great insight to me that David knows his heart is confident in the Lord – but also knows that his heart is sleeping, so it may not be aware of this confidence all the time. It is as if David has complete faith in God, but sometimes he forgets, or worse, falls asleep on the job.

Oh, how I empathize with that concept! My heart of hearts is confident in God at all times. It sings His praises, no matter the situation. But, sadly, my heart is not always awake…The body (the world), in trying to protect my heart, sometimes overshadows the confidence that should always be present.

And here is where the NIV comes into play – my heart may be steadfast, but my soul (as what I think of as the deepest part of my heart) isn’t necessarily awake.

Closing Prayer:

Heavenly Father, please help my heart (and soul) always be awake. Let the confidence I have in You rise and shine above all else. When the world tries to take over my life, and lull my heart to sleep, let Your word rise up in me and be awake; be alive in me.

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