Psalm 108

1 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.

4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.

5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;

6 That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.

7 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;

9 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.

10 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?

11 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?

12 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

13 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. (KJV)

I need to make verse one the theme of my life: “O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.” Psalm 19:7a “The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul”. The law of the Lord is the nail that will fix my heart on the things of the Lord. Christ gives us the same advice in Matthew 7:24,25 “Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise, which built his house upon a rock: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.” Having a knowledge of God’s law and a daily study of God’s law will keep us from falling to the desires of the flesh and living a life that will cause us to sing unto the Lord, and praising God.

Matthew 5:1 – 7:29 is referred to as the Sermon on the Mount. In these chapters Christ taught those that were following him the principles of his kingdom. A careful study of these chapters will help fix your heart to the things of God. One of the titles that David had was he was a man after God’s own heart. One of the keys in understanding God’s heart is by understanding Matthew 6:44. In this verse we are told to love our enemies and bless the ones that curse us. Do good to those that hate you and pray for them that despitefully use you and persecute you. A careful study of the psalm written while he was running and hiding from Saul reveals how he reserve the judgment of the wick to God. By having this view of our enemies we will be on the path of living a perfect (blameless) life.