"Create in me a clean heart, O God" Psalm 51:10 NKJV
Today is a new day of a new year and this can mean, a new start or a new beginning for a lot of people. As you know, every year lot's of people make New Year Resolutions only to break them within hours. As a Christian, you can do the same. You want to be Christ like as you know that you should be. However, saying it and living up to it are two different things. It is easy to state that you will live for God from this day on, but it is so difficult to carry this out and many fail.
Following David's adultery with Bathsheba and subsequent act of having her husband killed, he had to deal with Nathan the Prophet who laid all of this before him. David was so ashamed of his behaviour and went through a process of mourning and repenting. This Psalm really showed his heart and how he felt about the situation.
Firstly, he asked God to create in him a clean heart. Notice this, David didn't just decide that from now on he would pull his socks up and get his life back together. He knew this would be impossible for him to do, alone. Therefore, he asked God to help him, 'Create in me'. Changes such as this require the help of the Holy Spirit and, David knew this. He therefore asked God to create in him the cleanest of hearts so that he could begin again.
Confession leads to forgiveness and one of the results is a clean heart. When you ask Him, God allows the Holy Spirit to wash you clean; in fact, to clean you up and make you presentable to Him. He takes what is wrong in your life and makes it right. Now this is impossible from your perspective. You can have good intentions but, unless you allow the Holy Spirit to work in you, it will never happen.
Maybe, you have been struggling in this area. You may have let God down big time and you may have told Him a hundred times that you are sorry. Relax, He has forgiven you, He did this the first time you asked. However, for you to be constant in your walk with Him, you need Him to do some creative work within you and, He may start with your heart. Don't forget, the heart stores good and bad things and whatever the state of it is, causes you to speak it out (Matthew 12:35). This is why you need the Holy Spirit to create in you a clean heart.
Tomorrow, we will explore this Psalm further.
Copyright 2021 Grahame Howard.
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