Psalm 51:10-13 – “Create for me a pure heart, O God.  Renew a resolute spirit within me.  ¹¹ Do not reject me.  Do not take your holy Spirit away from me.  ¹² Let me again experience the joy of your deliverance. Sustain me by giving me the desire to obey.  ¹³ Then I will teach rebels  Your merciful ways, and sinners will turn to you.”

As I prayed, read, and meditated on the Word of God today, I was challenged.   Psalm 51 reveals why God could call David a man after His own heart.  In verses 2-4, David recognized his depravity, repented, and desired renewal.   Being pure-hearted was a driving force in David’s life.

In verses 10-13, we see the heart of God expressed in David.  He desired cleansing, renewal, the embrace of the Holy Spirit, and restoration (identifying his recognition of his failures).   He cried to God to mold him into that man who pleased God and could be used by God.   He asked to be sustained by a willing (obedient) spirit and expressed the prime desire of discipleship.

In Psalm 55:2, the directive to cast our burdens on the Lord was declared by Jesus in the Gospels.  Obedience is impossible without trust.  Trust is impossible without knowledge.  If we do not know God, we cannot trust Him.  If we do not trust Him, we will not explicitly obey Him.

I believe it was Corrie ten Boom who said, “We can trust an uncertain future to a certain God.”   If we know God’s ways, we know God’s heart and His eternality, enabling us to not only trust Him but also expect and anticipate His fulfillment of His promises.

Do we know Him or just know about Him?  That is revealed in our level of trust.  Our level of trust is expressed in our expectations.

Father, help us to give our entire being to You and watch You transform the Uncertain into Certainty.