Pure In Heart!

David testified that if God examined him, he would be found pure. The Bible teaches that he was a man after God's own heart. David always dealt with trials and tribulations, especially by Saul, who hunted him down. I can only imagine David's fear as he went through these trials.

Just as David faced trials, we too encounter challenges in our lives. It's crucial to understand, as David did, that these trials are not meant to break us, but to keep us humble and close to our Almighty God. In Psalm 17, we find David's prayer, a plea for a pure heart. God tested David, and his heart was found pure, free from unconfessed sin.

David had a pure heart patterned after God's Word. He held to God's path and followed God's ways. In this prayer, we learn that David confessed his sins to the Lord and was forgiven.

Today, we must ask ourselves, what sins are we withholding from the Lord? What is preventing us from having a heart as pure as David's?  Are we harboring grudges? Is there something we haven't surrendered to Jesus? Remember, any hidden sin in our lives can hinder our prayers. But if we confess our sins daily to the Lord, He will work powerfully in our lives.

Amen!



Psalm 17:3-5 reads, Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. Hold up my goings in thy paths, That my footsteps slip not.