“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.”
Psalms 51:10 NIV
All of us are guilty of sin from time to time, and experience separation from God. But how blessed is the one who will confess and repent of their sin and seek restoration, to experience the presence of God and the joy of our salvation. Our sin might bring satisfaction for a period of time. But nothing can compare with the joy that comes from a pure heart and walking with God. Why does God have to create a clean heart in us? Because it doesn't come naturally. We were not born with a clean heart. The Webster Dictionary's primary definition of the word create reads, to bring into existence. This pure heart was something that did not exist. God must create it, and what's more, He must continually re-create it because we can do nothing to either create it or maintain it in our own power. All we can do is ask Him for that clean heart. Our need for a clean heart is so undervalued by today's lukewarm Christians. When your heart is pure and known sins are confessed, there are no roadblocks to fellowship with God through His Holy Spirit. You'll be open to His leading and blessing, as well as His hand on your shoulder, stopping you from misplacing your priorities and being deceived by your own heart. It is only by trusting in the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus, that we can be reborn as a new-creation in Him, with a clean heart. It is only by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and our identification with Him that we can be declared righteous by God and have the righteousness of Christ imputed to us. Like David our insatiable cry should be, purify my heart O Lord. Cleanse me from my sin. Create in me a clean heart. Restore to me the joy of my salvation and renew a godly spirit within me. May we choose the good and eschew the evil so that our new, born again life in Christ our new nature in Him may be increasingly conformed into the image and likeness of the lovely Lord Jesus until it is no longer we that live, our old sin nature in Adam, but Christ, the new life we have in Him that lives in us ever prompting us towards His likeness!!!
Father thank You for this day and that in Your wisdom You do not renew and restore the old fallen sin nature in Adam, but You give us a new nature, a new, born-again life, received through faith in Christ. Lord let Your abundant blessings fall from the windows of heaven over my friend and family today. Lord thank You for the lessons we can learn from biblical saints like David, who was cleansed of his sin, when he confessed his faults and cried out to You. Lord thank You for the indwelling ministry of the Holy Spirit, and we pray that You would point out all the areas in our lives that grieve You or quench Your ongoing work within. Lord create in us a clean heart we pray, and renew a steadfast spirit within us and may You be seen in us as we submit to Your Spirit's leading and do only those things we hear from You. Lord use my friend to be someone’s blessing today. Daddy we love you amen. Be a blessing. Love you !
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