Ascending the mountain of the Lord is symbolic to coming
in to His glorious presence. The psalmist instructs us on what is required by
God to stand before Him. As sinners, we have separated ourselves from a holy,
pure, and righteous God. We must go through the "cleansing" process.
“Who can
ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in His Holy Place? The one who
has clean hands and pure heart”. – Psalm 24:3-4
Thanks to Jesus' atoning sacrifice on the cross our sins can be forgiven. You have probably sang the song inspired by this psalm as a request to God. Give us clean hands, give us a pure heart, and not let us lift our souls to another.
Thanks to Jesus' atoning sacrifice on the cross our sins can be forgiven. You have probably sang the song inspired by this psalm as a request to God. Give us clean hands, give us a pure heart, and not let us lift our souls to another.
Pure hands represent our outer sins, things we do (and
others can see) that dishonored God. Clean hearts deal with what goes on inside
us (what others cannot see) our thoughts, feelings, forgiveness, etc. Our souls
to an idol reminds us to keep the first four commandments. We must keep God
first and foremost in our hearts, minds, body, and soul. Love Him with all your
being.
Make this your desire and song of your heart. Amen?