Our minds are apt to be divided between a variety of objects, like trickling streamlets which waste their force in a hundred rivulets. Spurgeon commenting on Ps 86:11- note said 'Having taught me ONE WAY, give me ONE HEART to walk therein, for too often I feel 'a heart and a heart' (In Ps 12:2- note 'double heart' in Hebrew literally = 'a heart and a heart'), two natures contending, two principles struggling for sovereignty (Gal 5:17- note). The men of the tribe of Zebulon 'helped David with an UNDIVIDED HEART' (literally 'without a double heart' = undivided loyalty) (1Chr 12:33- note) They were 'all in,' of one heart, all the time, nothing held back.

The NIV has 'Give me an UNDIVIDED HEART.' Pastor Ray Pritchard paraphrases Ps 86:11b 'Put me together, Lord, because right now my life is scattered in a thousand directions!' (from The Undivided Heart) 'Teach me Your way, O LORD I will walk in Your truth. (Mt 5:16- note, cf Php 2:15- note).Ī great prayer to pray (daily) would be David's words. O, to be men and women of integrity, lights shining in the midst of the darkness in such a way that the world might see our undivided hearts and this would bring glory to our Father Who is in heaven.

Integrity is derived from 'integer' (a whole number as opposed to a fraction) and speaks of the quality of being undivided.

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