"Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me" (Psalm 51:10). 

King David was a man who made many, many mistakes in his life.  He sinned greatly before God - even commiting adultery and murder.  Yet, throughout his life he always turned toward God with genuine repentance.  It was not a repentance of "sorry I got caught/regret"; like, Judas Iscariot (cf. Matthew 27:3).  King David's repentance was a repentance of "I hurt You God and I am beside myself with deep, sorrowful grief".  David sought for purification.  He knew he could not clean himself - he needed God.  Interestingly, the Hebrew word for create is the same as in the beginning when God "created the heavens and the earth" (Genesis 1:1).  You see, only God can create the universe.  In the same way, only God can create a clean heart.  David sought a "miracle" from the only being who could give it - God

David was humble before the Lord.  He sought a creation of a clean heart.  He sought a pure soul.

God does this "miracle" for all people who are His.  He creates in them a "clean heart".  If anyone seeks a miracle, it should be this one.

The Lord's humbled . . . John A. Reeves
 


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