OPEN HEAVENS Devotional –
Thursday March 24th 2016
TOPIC: THE PURE IN HEART
Memorize: Blessed are the pure
in heart: for they shall see God. Matthew 5:8
3 Who shall
ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place?
4 He that hath
clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor
sworn deceitfully.
5 He shall
receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his
salvation.
6 This is the
generation of them that seek him, who seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
Bible in one year: Judges
10-11, Job 41:18-34
MESSAGE
There are certain encounters
in the journey of an individual which birth a lifestyle of holiness in the individual.
This is why we should always pray to God to encounter a touch of His glory.
When Jesus was addressing His followers on the mountain, He taught them among
other things the necessity of having a pure heart. Purity of the heart, as far
as God is concerned, is a basic requirement in achieving and maintaining an
uninterrupted fellowship with God. This is because the heart of man is the
engine of his life. The heart, according to the Bible, should be guided
diligently, because out of it are the issues of life.
The pure in heart refers to a
heart that contains no other thing apart from God and His counsel. According to Philippians 4:8:
“Finally, brethren, whatsoever
things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just,
whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lonely, whatsoever things are
of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise think on
these things.”
The intents and contents of
the human life go on in the heart so God is interested in the purity of our
hearts. If the heart is pure, it will be reflected in the actions of a man. God
wants our heart to be yielded to Him and not to the world or the pleasures in
it. When the heart is pure, it will produce transparency in our dealings with
other people. When our heart is pure, the motive behind our actions will not be
evil spoken of and when they are misconstrued for something else; we will
always have a good conscience towards God. A pure heart produces holy living.
“Either make the tree good,
and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for a
tree is known by his fruit.” Matthew 12:33
I want you to examine your
heart, is it pure? Are your motives correct? Are you speaking the truth in that
report? If your heart is revealed by the Almighty God towards your boss, will
he find love there or hatred? Do you really know God or are you playing along
because of the crowd?
There are lots of blessings
attached to having a pure heart. When your heart is holy and pure, there will
be no iota of fear and condemnation in you. You will have unlimited access to
your Maker because there is no hindrance in you. Purity of heart will make you
never lack the help of the Almighty God because He is interested in the cases
of those whose hearts are pure and humble, He is committed to helping them (Psalms
73:1, 2nd Chronicles 16:9). You need to nail all your affections to
the cross and make your heart right with God. Exercise dominion over self and sin,
both within and without. Let God rule over the affairs of your life so that
there will be communion and unbroken fellowship with His presence.
Key Point
If God looks into your heart,
what will He find?
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