The story was told of a pastor who was at his "farewell" as he was retiring. He had served more than forty years in small town or rural churches in Nebraska and Minnesota.
He said: "My brothers and sisters in the Lord, I have come now to the end of my pastoral ministry. I never served a large church, never received much recognition of crowds, and never wrote a book, but as I stand before you today my hands are clean before God."
The Lord wants purity and holiness. The pastor in this story is not boasting of himself, on the contrary he displayed contriteness. He knew what is important in God's eyes.
Ps 24: 3, 4 read "Who may ascend the hill of the Lord? Who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false."
The pure in heart see the Lord. The pure in heart hears the Lord. The pure in heart knows the heart of God.
God's hand rests on the pure in heart. The pure in heart shall move in the power and the anointing of God.
2 comments:
Cool post. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for your encouragement, Chris.
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