Becoming a man after Gods own heart part 2

A man much wiser than me gave me a list of four things that God wont turn away from. A broken heart, a bended knee, a wet eye, and a bowed head. As we continue looking into Psalm 51, I believe we will find all of these were all evidences in Davids "getting right" with God.

Lets first take notice of Psalm 51:7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.

Hyssop is a medicinal plant found throughout regions of the middle east. One of it's main uses is as an expectorant, it helps you to cough up mucus and anything that may be hindering you from breathing properly. In essence, David is pleading with God to eliminate all that is within His body that is hindering his walk with God.

Davids desire to be purged and washed, shows us his confidence in what Christ alone can do. Our heart is in fact a vile thing. Jeremiah 17:9-10 The heart is deceiptful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Just as Solomon said in Proverbs 4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Of course we cant forget what Christ said in Matthew 15:17-20 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast into the draught? But those things which proceed out of the mouth of come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: these are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

The cleansing and purging that all of us need happens in an instant, but it's our decision to either get cleansed or not.

vs 8-10 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which which thou hast broken may rejoice. Hid thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Create in me a clean heart o God and renew a right Spirit within me.

Believe me when I say that yes, even a Christian can have a bad spirit about them, even after a so called cleansing. I say so called because the proof of a cleansing is that we are refreshed and recharged spiritually. Sometimes the cleansing process can become a bit painful, and in the process we can become bitter about the length of the restoration process.

A right spirit is evident when you have a proper, biblical outlook on sin, self, and service. One of the main evidences is that you' be willing to win other to Christ, and actually do so.

If you are a believer, the Holy Spirit will convict you when your spirit is lining up with The how you ought to behave or believe as a child of God. Ephesians 4:30-32 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God hath for Christs sake hath forgiven you.

And we see a similar pattern of thought in Hebrews 12:14-15 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord. Looking diligently lest any man fail the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many may be defiled.

Our spiritual actions, or lack thereof do cause harm to those around us.

vs 11 Cast me not away from thine presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. David wasn't speaking here of losing his salvation. He was however pleading with God not remove the anointing that God had placed upon his life. We as men should pray and plead the very same thing. That we would not lose the anointing we so desperately need for our service to God, family and country.

One of the secrets to living the spirt filled life, is that we begin to fear the silence of God, more than we fear the roar of the enemy. Can you honestly answer boldly and bravely enough about the last time you heard God speak?

vs 12 Restore unto me the joy of my salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Real, lasting, life altering joy only comes after salvation. Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say rejoice. A life centered around the Christ brings real lasting joy. How? Because when we are sealed with the Holy- Spirit of promise until the day of redemption, He brings into remembrance those things that God not only saved us from, but saved us to as well.

Paul the apostle wrote a few short verses later in Philippians 4:8- Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, if there be any virtue, if there be any praise, think on these things. The surest and easiest way for any believer to live in a constant state of victory, is to consistently be striving to conform to the spiritual, physical, and mental image that God desires for us.

If we look back over vs 8-12 , they show us that the restoration process, though it benefits and enables men, is of God and takes time. Salvation is Gods alone to give, and the restoration process belongs to Him as well. However, whereas salvation is instantaneous and never ours to earn, the restoration process takes time and commitment.

vs 13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners will be converted unto thee. God wasn't through with david yet in his life as a soldier, king, husband and father. This thought is refreshing to us because it reminds the fallen Christian that if though the restoration process is painful at times, God isn't though with us either. However, we must remember that God will only use a vessel of cleanliness that brings honor to Him.

vs 14-15 Deliever me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. O lord open tou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

Revival in our lives and churches will never come until we as the children of God learn to put praise in it's proper place. Seldom do we open discussion on who praise is really for. The praising of God is firstly for His benefit.. If it isn't magnifying His greatness and holiness, then it isn't really praise.

Secondly, we need to remember that others are watching us, both saved and unsaved...churched and un-churched. They want to see an authentic version of worship from God's people. One of the major factors that I consider and pray heavily about when preaching revivals throughout this nation is this...do the people in the pew sing in a way that is convincing enough to an outsider that they truly do love the God they are singing about.

Think about that.

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