My Heart Is Fixed

[A Song or Psalm of David.] O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. clouds: or, skies Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth; - Psalms 108:1-5

    These verses are the same as Psalm 57:7-11. These are the words of Messiah, Christos, the Anointed of God. The word fixed here means prepared. It also means that his heart will not be changed or altered from present convictions. With perpetual determination, his heart is set upon the accomplishment of his Father’s will and purpose in the establishment of an everlasting righteousness for his elect, whereby his truth is upheld, and his mercy and grace is manifested in their salvation, in which his Father is glorified.

    In love, our Redeemer’s heart was prepared for and fixed upon fulfilling God’s holy law to perfection for every one of his people from the least to the greatest. No matter what the cost, no matter what the demands, no matter what the suffering, he would endure temptation, trials, and testings, and please his Father in all things as our substitute. In all his life he sinned not, yea, he even conquered every enemy of the soul. Thereby, he wrought an everlasting righteousness for his people.

    That is not all! His heart was fixed upon putting away sin forever for those he loved. His people are a sinful race and their sin must be punished. The only punishment for sin is death. His heart was as much fixed upon, and prepared for, being made sin (which he actually was), and dying under the wrath of God (which he actually did), as it was to live a holy and righteous life. He said (in respect to his life and death as our substitute), I delight to do thy will O God—And—Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour (Jn 12:27).

    Our Lord’s heart was fixed upon making his people acceptable to God by making them righteous, putting away their sin, and in doing so, glorifying his Father in every respect. And that he did!

    And now, because his heart was fixed, our heart is fixed upon him, We say, Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations. For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.