Monday, June 28, 2010
I just want You
Mat 5:8
"Blessed are the pure in heart,
For they shall see God."
A daunting task for humans! Pure heart?
MSG puts it this way...
"You’re blessed when you get your inside world—your mind and heart—put right. Then you can see God in the outside world."
Desiring to have a deeper relationship with You has been at the top of the agenda. More understanding on life, a better grasp of what's thrown at us constantly, how the Word takes effect in me... ... A list of answers I'm seeking. The exact same ones I had when I first met You, answered, but revisited upon facing a complex growing life.
Keeping a pure heart in the midst of growing up is not easy, yet not unattainable.
Riches & glory - It's a goal that's set before us. Getting them is part of shining for You. But keep my heart pure Lord. I don't want to lose sight of what's most important.
Rom 7:13
"I can already hear your next question: “Does that mean I can’t even trust what is good [that is, the law]? Is good just as dangerous as evil?” No again! Sin simply did what sin is so famous for doing: using the good as a cover to tempt me to do what would finally destroy me. By hiding within God’s good commandment, sin did far more mischief than it could ever have accomplished on its own."
Someone once told me, that if we have set in our hearts on wanting to do something, we can always find enough reasons (even scriptural ones), to justify our actions - Preoccupancy in my own ambitions.
Is what I'm doing eventually going to destroy me? That's probably one of the cues to evaluate my path.
It's truly a daunting task. Moving from salvation into commission while keeping a pure heart.
You're important to me. A pure heart, that's what I long for - one that follows after Thee
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