What is true in your heart? What is it that you desire more than anything? Perceptions are often presented as truth. Perspectives are stated as truths. Desires are often for the things of this world. Chasing the next shiny object we see is the favorite pastime of many.
The Psalmist often cuts through the fog of this world and states truths we cannot argue with. If we do argue with them, we argue foolishly. The truths of the Psalms state who God is, what our relationship with him should be, and how we all should pursue God with our entire heart.
In today’s passage, the Psalmist clearly states that God is near us when we call on him. Yet, he qualifies it by saying we must call on God in truth. In other words, we must call on him with our entire heart. We must commit to him our entire being. We must trust him with every fiber of who are. There can be no falseness within us.
He goes on to say that God fulfills our desire. Again, he qualifies it by saying those who fear God. The word fear means both fear and to be in awe of. Therefore, when we have a healthy fear of God’s limitless power and are in awe of it, God will fill our desire because our desire will match his desire. In the same way, he will save us when we cry out to him.
God is all about relationship. He wants us to give our hearts to him. He wants us to be awed by his mighty power. He wants us to desire what he wants. It is when we have this kind of relationship with God that he comes near, fulfills our desire, and saves us when we cry out.
I pray we all are in awe of God’s mighty power. I pray we cry out to him in our need. I pray each one of us will seek a closer relationship with God and trust he will come near to us. Be in awe of God. Give God your entire heart. God will draw near to you. Make God’s desire your desire. Trust God will save you.
Psalm 145:18-19
The Lord is near to all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth.
He fulfills the desire of all who fear him;
he also hears their cry and saves them.
Marty Pressey 