![]() ![]() Psalm 51:10-12 and Psalm 42:1-2 have been my daily prayers for years, and I am new to Unity and metaphysical interpretations and am really wondering … Comment: Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and sustain in me a willing spirit" (NRSV). Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your holy spirit from me. Amen.Psalm 51:10-12: "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. Guide and direct my hands and heart to use them in ways that would honor Jesus, the King of Glory. Holy Spirit, cleanse my hands and create in me a pure heart. My hands are unclean and my heart is impure. I recognize I am not worthy to stand in Your presence on my own account. Heavenly Father, I am in awe of You and the world You have created. What do you need Jesus to wash your hands and heart clean of? Will you bring those sins to Jesus knowing that He is faithful and just to forgive your sins and cleans you of all unrighteousness? Prayer: Take an honest assessment of your hands and heart. All glory and praise to King Jesus! Reflection Question ![]() Jesus makes me worthy to “receive blessing from the Lord and vindication from God their Savior.” In Jesus, the mighty King of Glory, I am clean. He makes a way for me to stand in the presence of God and receive His favor instead of His wrath. ![]() He washes me of my sin and creates in me a clean heart. With His blood-stained hands and pierced heart, He redeems mine. On the cross, He stands before God taking the place of judgment that is rightly reserved for me. He comes with clean hands and a pure heart to heal, restore, and rescue. Jesus, who was with the Father before the foundations of the world and in whom all things hold together, has come as a mighty King to save me. Jesus, the King of Glory, is strong and mighty. Yet this psalm also reminds me to lift up my head, to fix my eyes on Jesus, and see the King of Glory coming. When I stand before God in this condition, I am rightly judged and condemned. I don’t meet the requirements this psalm outlines to worthily stand in God’s presence. I know what they’ve led me to say and do. I know my heart’s self-seeking motives and judgmental thoughts. I know where my hands have been and what they have done. For if I do, my heart and my hands convict me. Or maybe, I just don’t want to let this reality fully set in. We read in verses 3-4: “Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? The one who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not trust in an idol or swear by a false god.” Sometimes, I can gloss over this reality. This psalm explains the only way we can stand in His holy place–that is, be in the presence of God–is if we have clean hands and a pure heart. Sometimes I can gloss over this reality: Only those with clean hands and pure hearts can worthily stand before the Lord. The whole earth is the Lord’s and everything in it. Psalm 24 is pretty clear about who’s in charge and what that means. 1 The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it,ģ Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord?Ĥ The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,ĥ They will receive blessing from the LordĦ Such is the generation of those who seek him,
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