Psalm 51

I cannot read this Psalm and NOT praise God. I see Gods abiding love. He unrelinquishly desires me; in a way no man could ever desire me. In a way every person wants to be desired. He desires to know the truth in my inner parts and then He teaches me wisdom in that inmost place. There is NO other communion that is as deep as that! He washes me and has called me His Beloved…making me whiter than snow. The Lord showed me this beautiful picture when I was 18 – He showed me my heart…it was black, yet He took it and poured out water over it and washed it…the black melted away revealing the purest white…I reached out my hand to take it back, but He was not finished quite yet…He then took my heart and place it in a fire to be refined…the heart swirled of silver and gold, set apart to be holy – restoring beauty for ashes! A treasure for my Lord. I continually have to ask for that washing and refining. I know that my brokenness and willingness to go before my Father pleases Him. He loves the opportunity to be glorified and I have no right to deny that from Him. I AM HIS! I read that if “He is in me and I am in Him that we will be unified in thought and action: in devotion and in purpose, that we might move continually not as two, but as ONE…For when He becomes to me more precious than all besides; when He becomes to me more real than all else; and when I love Him more than I love any other, THEN I will know COMPLETE SATISFACTION!”
I was so intrigued by the word steadfast in verse 10. What does steadfast really mean? I looked up the definition to be FIXED, UNCHANGING…another word for steadfast would be FAITHFUL. How can I be steadfast? By having my eyes FIXED always upon my Lord, though the world around me is always changing, My God is constant. I want to be fully faithful to the Lord throughout my life, and if I desire this I NEED to be steadfast. I pray that my mind will be set on the things above and that all this would be true and evident in my life. I pray that I will be a woman of noble character and that when I meet my Lord He will welcome me into eternity saying “Well done, good and faithful servant.”