Our faith is expressed every day by what we regard as most important. What do you treasure in life? What is your “pearl of great price”? Some people will say that loving God is their greatest blessing, though their choices indicate that they are focused on various temporal and worldly concerns. The life of faith requires the whole heart and singleness of vision, as King David said, “One thing I ask of the Lord; that is what I will seek.” David asked for one thing – not many things. He did not come with a litany of requests. He was not double minded. As Kierkegaard said, “purity of the heart is to will one thing.” Despite his troubles and pains, David sought the best he could find.
The most important thing in life is to decide what is the most important thing in life – and then to act accordingly. Time is short for all of us, and it is more vital than ever to find healing for our woundedness. We have to quit pretending to be what we aren’t and learn to be honest and vulnerable. Spirituality without honesty and humility is a sham. If you don’t know how to begin, then begin there – by knowing your confusion and your need for the miracle of God to teach you… For instance, if you don’t know how to really love, then confess your heart’s loss and pray for the miracle you need. As it is written, “God has compassion for the lowly and broken, and saves the souls of the powerless.”
Hebrew Lesson:
When God said, “Let there be light, and there was light” (Gen. 1:3), He seemed to put on light as a robe of the Divine Majesty and Kingship: He wrapped Himself with radiance as a tallit gadol… Da lifnei mi attah omed (דַּע לִפְנֵי מִי אַתָּה עוֹמֵד) – “Know before whom you stand.” The whole earth is lit up with God’s glory, and every bush of the field is aflame before us — if we have eyes to see (Isa. 6:3). May it please the LORD to open our spiritual eyes so that we can behold more of His glory and majesty in this hour… Amen.