'Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.'Matthew 5 v 8.
I heard this scripture recently at a church meeting and I absolutely loved it. The leaders preach about this verse was also brilliant. It just gave a wider view of what this verse actually means for us.
If we do not have a pure heart then does that mean we are not able to see God?! Can we ever actually get pure hearts though, after all, we are all humans and we all sin?! Surely if there is a verse, such as this one, in the bible, it must have relevance to us and our daily lives?! Surely it would not be put in the bible just to show us that this is what we will never achieve?! It must be there to encourage us to strive for what is best and to search for a greater way, a greater life.
I believe that we do, we can and we will see God. I believe that He is at work in our very lives, our very situations, our very relationships. I believe He is a God who is alive and real, a God that seeks to be relevant in our lives, not just in the past, but now. If that is true then this verse must portray a way of life that we are able to take for ourselves now.
Instead of condemnation, instead of mockery, I choose to use this verse to encourage me to become pure in heart...to search God and His ways...to try to live more as Jesus did...to follow Him and give my all to Him, in order that I may, in some very small way, see God...that I may see a glimmer of Him and continue to live hoping and believing for those glimmers...however small, large, frequent or rare they may be.
'Blessed are the pure in heart [blessed are we], that we may see God [as we see God at work in our very lives].'
Matthew 5 v 8 (emphasis added by me).
