Sincere purity

                                                                       

                      Love must be sincere, hate what is evil; cling to what is good.

                                                                                                         Romans 12:9

       We go to Church.  Read our Bibles every day or every other day. Some of us attend Wednesday nights at our Church or do activities or volunteer jobs at our Church or in our community and we think that we're okay.  God should be proud of what I'm doing for Him, I think.  Is He?  Sure helping out our community is great but; is there more that God wants from us?

                  Physical and Spiritual purity, huh? 

       When I think of purity, I think of staying physically clean.  Taking a shower every day,  waiting until you're married to have sex and the like.  God began to open my eyes at the start of this year about spiritual purity.  I've heard plenty about spiritual and physical purity growing up, it's just that I couldn't quite get the spiritual part down.  

        Do you remember when Jesus scolded the Pharisees of being righteous on the outside but filled with dead men's bones on the inside?(Matthew 23:28)  Would you say that you're the same as they?  Just a couple days ago I would have said "no" in an instant.  But now, I see that I have thought I was righteous just like they did.  But I am not.  

        That's where Christ comes in.  He is challenging me in a patient, kind yet firm way.  Just in the past week I threw away two movies I owned because they were not good for me.  I'm consciously looking at all of my belongings and all of America and seeing purity in a new light.  God is even clearing out my old way of thinking ( negativity and my wild imagination).

                               Blessed are the pure in heart,  for they will see God.

                                                                                                                  Matthew 5:8

         I don't know about you but I want to see God.  I want to draw closer to Him and truly know who He is.  I want to see purity in a positive way.  Do you remember what it was like to be naive and innocent?  Don't you want that again?

                              "I am sending you out like sheep among wolves.  Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves."

                                                        Matthew 10:16

         Jesus knows what He's talking about.  He lived on earth for 33 years and the trinity created the whole earth so, they're not oblivious to the vile things of this world.  God knows how hard it is.  That's why He's ever patient and gracious.  Ask God to give you a pure heart.  He will answer your prayer.