“The one who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not trust in an idol or swear by a false god.”
Psalm 24:4 (NIV)
This wonderful psalm has very clear sections
Vs 1 & 2 establishes the Creator’s ownership over everything in the earth He created
Vs 3 asks Who can ascend to this One over all?
Vs 4 thru 6 answers that question by describing those who are able to stand in His holy place
Vs 7 thru 10 are a call to strongholds everywhere to allow our Creator to rule in our earthly place, for our Creator is the King of glory, the LORD Almighty.
We can wonder if David penned 7 thru 10 to be sung as the Ark of the Covenant was carried into Jerusalem, yet this psalm makes no mention of Jerusalem, and because it opens with the Creator’s rightful ownership over all that is in the earth, we may safely understand this call to open the gates, as applying to all strongholds throughout all human history, throughout the face of the entire earth. We may also understand this call as a personal call to each individual to surrender their lives to the rightful rule of their Creator, the King of glory from whom we all have our being.
We may ask ourselves - “what does this surrender look like?”
The answer is to have clean hands and a pure heart.
Too late you say!
NO! Never too late, not while we have breath, not while we can think and act!
James tells us to wash our hands and purify our hearts - confess our sins, repent, seek His face and our King Jesus will forgive us- He will clean us and He will purify our hearts.
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