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Give Him All of You...
Don't compartmentalize your relationship with God, showing only your spiritual side while hiding your struggles, doubts, and failures. In Psalm 86, David prays, "Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever." (Psalm 86:11-12 NIV)
An undivided heart is not a perfect heart, but a whole heart. David is asking God to help him bring all of himself into their relationship, to worship with complete authenticity rather than partial performance. There are lots of places in this world where we feel like we have to perform, and God’s presence is not one of them!
Later, in Psalm 119, David demonstrates his experience of wholeness: "I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands." (Psalm 119:10 NIV) He's not seeking God with just his spiritual or religious side. David brought his entire self into the pursuit. At the same time, he asks God for strength to stay on this path because he knows his humanity and depravity are never far from him.
Wholeness, after all, isn't about having your life perfectly together. Wholeness about bringing everything about your life honestly before God, trusting that His love is big enough to embrace all of who you are. God brings healing and wholeness from the broken pieces of our past and our pain. In the same way that an artist makes a mosaic out of broken pieces of glass, God brings beauty from our brokenness and wholeness from our trauma and pain.
Because this is His goal for you, God doesn't want a fraction of you – He wants all of you!
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Give Him All of You...
