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From Prov. 23:26, Daniel Dana has given us an important lesson about what God asks of his children. “Give Me Thy Heart” is a tract which has great value today. As Christians, we are not called to half-hearted obedience but rather to “love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might” (Deut. 6:5).
Hear what Dana says because his message is timeless one:
Solomon speaks, not so much in his own name, as in the name of the King of kings — the glorious JEHOVAH. It is He, the king and venerable Father of the great family of man, who here addresses every individual of his rational human offspring, in language such as this: "Ye creatures of my power; ye children of my family; objects of my constant care and compassion; remember your Creator, your Father, and your God. Expand your souls to the Supreme Good. Let your best and purest affections be mine. Choose me as your portion. Love me as your Friend. Delight in me as your happiness. Reverence my authority; adore my wisdom; trust my grace; lean upon my arm; resign yourselves, your all, to my service and disposal. And you especially, the younger members of my family, just rising into existence, give me your hearts. To your kind Parent, and your guardian God, devote the flower and prime of your affections, and your earliest obedience. In the fair morning of life choose my service as your business, and the enjoyment of me as your bliss." Such is the tender and gracious exhortation of the blessed God: an exhortation which most powerfully addresses the reason, the conscience, and the sensibilities of every human being.
This is an exhortation from a 19th century minister that speaks to what God asks of all believers in all times. Click here to read the full tract by Dana.
