Create in Me a Clean Heart!

 Hi friends,

As we continue on this pilgrimage heavenward, there is need to continually examine our hearts because the Lord of this highway relates with pilgrims based on the contents and intents of the heart.

Psalms 51:10 says:

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

 

Prophet Jeremiah who had insight into the state of the heart of the carnal man vividly describes it as deceitful and desperately wicked and ended that verse by saying who can know it?

The state of a man’s heart determines his stand with God in the place of sanctity and spiritual authority. The heart is the seat of power and emotions that propels the well-being of every man. It is where battles of life are fought and won.

The Preacher further admonishes us to guard our hearts with all diligence because out of it are the issues of life. As a man thinks in his heart so is he. In essence a man’s accomplishment in life is a result of his thinking!

Little wonder, our Lord Jesus Christ told His disciples that out of the abundance of what is in their hearts, the mouth speaks and further warns that every idle word spoken by any man shall be accounted for.

In the above scriptures, we saw David pleading for God’s mercy when he was in soberness of heart. I am sure if anyone had told him earlier that he a king and the man after God’s heart will become a murder and an adulterer, he would have argued it.

Lo and behold, that was where he found himself after being confronted by Prophet Nathan. A thorough self- examination exposed the true state of his heart and that made him sober!

The Pilgrimage heavenward continues until we meet God in glory but what is the state of your heart? As we relate with each other within God’s kingdom and with the world around, what is the state of your heart?

As we daily walk with God and seek His kingdom and look forward to His glorious appearing, fellowshipping with the Holy Spirit and the brethren alike, what is in your heart?  

As you set goals and ambitions for greatness. As you aspire for lofty heights, make wealth, aspire for fame and power, what is in your heart? As you even make Jesus the Lord of your life and journey on this pilgrimage, what is in your heart?

If we don’t want to fall into the snare of the devil and become a prey in His hands, we cannot but examine our hearts and most importantly ask God to give us a clean heart and steadfast spirit.

The only man who will ascend the hill of the Lord is the man who has a clean hands and a pure heart. The man who will make heaven at last is the man who daily ask for God’s mercy and loving-kindness like David.

Beloved, God keep you blameless and spotless in His mighty hands until we meet at the gates of the golden city on the eternal shores! 

Your friend and fellow Pilgrim in the Kingdom Race,

Pastor Janet