The Lukewarm Generation

I'm thinking of the time I was born in--the Laodicean church age, and I identify with the struggle that those in this age are prone to. It's a challenge that I don't think was common in other ages, at least not with David. So when I read about David's heart, I almost can't relate. And that's sad. Here's the description of our age and the leaning of our hearts: And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;  (15)  I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.  (16)  So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.  (17)  Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: Rev 3:14-17 

David' heart and life are the opposite of this description. I can't help but be in awe with his passion for the Lord, a pattern I would like to learn from. Today we're looking at Ps. 119:145-148.

 

Psa 119:145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.	I don't take it for granted that David cried with his whole heart. He was, after all, a whole-hearted person, and it's a quality I wish I had. He did several things with his whole heart, just in Ps. 119. He sought God with his whole heart (10); he promised to observe God's law with his whole heart (34); he intreated God's favor with his whole heart (58); and he promised to keep God's precepts with his whole heart (69). Our whole heart is our heart, mind, will and understanding. When he cried with his whole heart, his cry was "hear me, O Lord." No doubt, God does when we cry that with our whole heart.
(146)  I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.	More about David's cry. He didn't just ask God to hear him, but to save, or deliver him. And why should God do that? So he could be more comfortable? No, it was so he would keep God's testimonies. In the previous verse, he would keep God's statutes. It was for God's glory he wanted to be heard and saved. It's an outlook like this that made David a man after God's own heart. May my motives be so God-directed and not self-directed.
(147)  I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.	He came to meet with God before dawn and cried and hoped in God's word. His habit of doing that is where we get the idea that morning is the best time to meet with God. My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.  Ps. 5:3 Ever how early I get up, it could be earlier, and I'd have more time to hope in his word. The days we're living in are no less periless than his day, just in a different way.
(148)  Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.	But then, night time is a good time to meditate in God's word too. David's morning dab didn't do him. He went before the night and pondered God's word. And in his day, there wasn't as much of God's word to ponder. But the point is, how much of a place does God's word have in my heart, mind, will and understanding? Perhaps trials and circumstantial desperation is what brought David to that place and what will also bring me. I'm back to that whole-hearted passion David possessed. Can I have just a half-portion of his heart?