"A Pure Heart and a Steadfast Spirit"

“A Pure Heart and a Steadfast Spirit”

 

Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.         Psalm 51:10

 

This is a psalm written by King David, when the prophet Nathan came to him, after his ADULTROUS TRYST with Bathsheba.  David had grievously SINNED against God, Bathsheba, and her husband, Uriah, the Hittite, who was one of David’s mighty warriors.  David’s sin was so intense in his heart that he was willing to have Uriah killed, in order for him to have Bathsheba as his own.   TEMPTATION gave birth to SIN, and SIN gave birth to two PHYSICAL deaths, Uriah, and David and Bathsheba’s child.   

 

David’s HEART became tainted with DISOBEDIENCE, DISRESPECT, DISREGARD for HUMAN LIFE, and TAKING what did NOT belong to him.  He allowed his TEMPTATION to turn into SIN, which brought about a RIFT in his RELATIONSHIP with God.  David’s HEART was heavy with guilt as he cried out for God to have MERCY upon him, to BLOT OUT his transgressions, and to WASH away ALL his iniquity, to CLEANSE him from his sin.

 

David realized that he needed a RENOVATION of his HEART.  He needed a PURE HEART, one without the filth of sin, one that would be PLEASING and ACCEPTABLE to the RIGHTEOUS GOD, the RIGHTEOUS JUDGE, of ALL mankind.  So he cried out to God, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART, “Create in me a PURE heart, O God.”  But David knew his HEART was not the only thing that needed help.  His spirit needed to be made STEADFAST, UNWAVERING, and STRONG, one that is WILLING to follow God’s laws and to be OBEDIENT to Him.  A spirit that would SUSTAIN him and NOT be WEAK and VULNERABLE to the ways of this SIN-SICK world.  He longed for a PURE HEART and a STEADFAST SPIRIT so he could once again have the JOY of his SALVATION.

 

Are you harboring sins in your HEART, making it tainted and IMPURE, because of your disobedience to Almighty God?  Is your spirit WEAK and UNWILLING to follow God’s path for your life?  Have you LOST the JOY of your SALVATION?  Are you headed for an ETERNITY in Hell?  If you are experiencing any of the above, then you NEED to do as David did, come to God with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART, and cry out to Him for His MERCY, and that he would CREATE in YOU, a PURE HEART and a STEADFAST spirit.  

 

When you come to Him with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART, CONFESSING your sins to Him, and asking Him for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART that Jesus died for YOU, and is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION.  He is FAITHFUL to FORGIVE you of your sins and will CREATE in you a PURE HEART and a STEADFAST spirit and He will fill your HEART with the JOY of your SALVATION.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!