Yesterday we talked about David being a man after God's own heart. To be a man after God's own heart means more than a love and devotion for God. It means you are like God, you have his same desires. Just like a son that takes after his dad own heart is a son that thinks an acts like his Father. He shares the same desires as his Father.
Yesterday we discussed one of the desires of God.
Hosea 6:6 6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
If we want to have a heart after God's own heart, we are going to have to know what God desires and ask God to change our hearts to be after his own heart and desires.
Today we are going to look at another desire that God has:
Psalms 51: 5-7 5Behold, I was shaped in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. 6Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part you shall make me to know wisdom. 7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow
David being a man after God's own heart understood and knew the heart and desire of his Father God. David realizes that he has been a sinner since the day God formed him within his mother's womb. And he then acknowledges that God desires truth in the inward parts: What are the hidden parts of your life? When you are all alone. When no one else is there. Do you follow the truth then, or do you sin privately and hide it publically? God desires TRUTH in the hidden parts of your life.
1 Cor. 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
There is no good deed that you have done in private that will remain hidden. Likewise their is no evil deed that we do in private that will remain hidden. Have you ever heard, "what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas." You can run here there and yonder, but those things that we hide from others will be exposed on the day of judgment as each of our works are judge.
God desires truth in the hidden parts. If you want a to be a person with a heart after God's own heart, you must desire truth in the hidden areas of your life. You need to turn that filth off you are watching. That crooked thing you are doing, and that way you slack when the boss isn't looking has to be brought to the light and repented of before God. Ask God to change you to love truth in the hidden parts of your life. What is David doing in the hidden times of his life? He is spending time with God and allowing God to put his wisdom in his life. You got extra time? Why spend it cleaving to, hang on to and hiding sinful behaviors? Spend your private times with God and let him teach you his wisdom.
Finally David says, purge me, cleanse me and I shall be clean.
Your efforts is not going to clean up the hidden parts of your life. Only as God purges you and cleanses you is your life going to change. Pray that prayer that David prayed today.
7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow
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