14^th May 2012

SEEDS FOR HARVESTING 7-18

Psalm 51:10
"Create in me a clean heart, O God
Renew a steadfast spirit in me."

Our praying and meditation needs to be
centred in God first.
It is God alone who has created us.
As the Psalmist says we are,
"created a little lower than God
and crowned with glory and honour."
These words describe God creating mankind.

Our text relates to our ongoing walk with God.
Our request speaks of our present need,
"create in me a clean heart."
It is God through his grace and love who
creates a "clean heart" in each of us.
and he goes on recreating in us
his good and perfect gifts
as we open our lives to him.

Through our "clean heart" God renews
"a steadfast spirit" in us.
It is important that we note
that God is not here recreating but "renewing",
and not my heart but my "spirit in me".

We are asking God that our human spirit become "steadfast"
as we uphold the truth of his Word.
There is a difference between being dogmatic
and being confident as we share God's Word with a needy world.

Bob Imms 13.5.12