Monday, February 7 Unify my heart.​—Ps. 86:11.

[Áine]

Monday, February 7

Unify my heart.—Ps. 86:11.

 

King David saw another man’s wife bathing. He knew Jehovah’s standard: “You must not desire your fellow man’s wife.” (Ex. 20:17) Yet, evidently he kept looking. His heart became divided between his desire for the woman, Bath-sheba, and his desire to please Jehovah. Although David had long loved and feared Jehovah, he gave in to his selfish desire. In that instance, David pursued a very bad course. He brought reproach on Jehovah’s name. David also brought terrible harm to innocent people, including his own family. (2 Sam. 11:1-5, 14-17; 12:7-12) Jehovah disciplined David, and he recovered. (2 Sam. 12:13; Ps. 51:2-4, 17) David remembered the trouble and misery that resulted when he let his heart become divided. His words recorded at Psalm 86:11 may also be rendered: “Give me an undivided heart.” Did Jehovah help David make his heart whole, or undivided? Yes, for Jehovah’s Word later refers to David as a man whose “heart was . . . complete with Jehovah his God.”—1 Ki. 11:4; 15:3. w20.06 11 ¶12-13

[Gruder]

  It's nice to know that if and when we do mess up that if we truly are repentant, Jehovah is willing to forgive us. Most likely we haven't sinned as bad as David, and yet Jehovah considered him a man whose “heart was . . . complete with Jehovah his God.” A good lesson to remember when our own hearts consider us to be unworthy of His love. 

[wallyahoo]

Right on🎯DSC