Sitting on a hill and speaking to anyone curious enough to listen. Little by little, sentence by sentence, step by step, He paints a clear pattern and picture for us today.
"Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they will see God."
for they will see God."
Matthew 5:8 niv
And I hear all the time believers saying that they want to see Him and see Him even more.
It is pretty clear from what Jesus was saying, that there is way you can see God.
So what is the key here that Jesus is mentioning?
For you and I to see God we need be "pure in heart".
I don't always dive into the original language to help understand scripture but in this case it is such a help...
The Greek word for “pure” is katharos.
It means to be “clean, blameless, unstained from guilt.”
The Greek word for “heart” is kardeeah.
This can be applied to the physical heart. But it also refers to the spiritual center of life.
I am firm believer you can not purify your heart on your own. That is way David prayed for it and he was called a man after God's own heart.
If you, to the very best of your ability have a single minded passion to follow Jesus, keeping your heart from bitterness and cynicism, seeking Him with everything you have...you will see God.
You will see at work in your life, those around you and all over the world.
From my own experience I find it harder to see God at work in any form when I lose focus on him and my heart becomes tainted for whatever reason.
Something to think about...
It is pretty clear from what Jesus was saying, that there is way you can see God.
So what is the key here that Jesus is mentioning?
For you and I to see God we need be "pure in heart".
I don't always dive into the original language to help understand scripture but in this case it is such a help...
The Greek word for “pure” is katharos.
It means to be “clean, blameless, unstained from guilt.”
The Greek word for “heart” is kardeeah.
This can be applied to the physical heart. But it also refers to the spiritual center of life.
I am firm believer you can not purify your heart on your own. That is way David prayed for it and he was called a man after God's own heart.
If you, to the very best of your ability have a single minded passion to follow Jesus, keeping your heart from bitterness and cynicism, seeking Him with everything you have...you will see God.
You will see at work in your life, those around you and all over the world.
From my own experience I find it harder to see God at work in any form when I lose focus on him and my heart becomes tainted for whatever reason.
Something to think about...
2 comments:
Thank you for sharing Locky. I don't know Greek at all, but I love those 2 words "pure heart" is what God desires from each of us. God bless.
Thanks for the feedback Carl!
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