Saturday, August 19, 2017

Heart's Desire


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.

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?