TODAY’S WORD FOR FRIDAY MARCH 4, 2016.
PURITY
Free from anything that pollutes or contaminates; uncontaminated without evil; guiltless and undefiled.
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield and without hypocrisy. James 3:17.
He who has clean hands and a pure heart; he shall receive blessing from the Lord. Psalm 24:4-5.
I stir up your pure minds by way of a reminder that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken by the holy prophets. II Peter 3:1-2.
Holding the mystery, revealed truth, of our faith with a pure conscience. I Timothy 3:9.
Most people today are concerned about how they look on the outside. It is mind boggling to think of all the money, time and effort people spend to make themselves look good.
What we should be more concerned about is how we look on the inside. Please understand that we are not saying you should forget how you look on the outside. Although we look on the outside and show concern if we are not looking “good,” we need to remember that the Lord looks at the heart. The verse in I Samuel 16:7 tells us, “The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance but the Lord looks at the heart.”
Believers should spend time and effort on making sure they are pure and uncontaminated on the inside. God wants us to be pure. In II Timothy 2:15 it says that, “everyone who names the name of the lord must turn from wickedness.” There is no inherent purity in any of us because we are all sinners. To be pure we must go to the only source of purity. That source is God.
James gives us, in the verse we have put above, the distinctive characteristics of God’s wisdom is that it is first pure and then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield and without hypocrisy. God is without sin so we are assured that His wisdom is pure and perfect. If we seek God’s wisdom it will change us from the inside out.
Purity requires a change in the believers’ heart. The verse from Psalms (above) reminds us that if our hearts are pure our hands will be clean and uncontaminated by evil deeds. A pure heart will lead us to do pure deeds and think pure thoughts. In the verse above from II Peter we are told that if we, believers, obey God’s Word we will keep our minds pure. God’s Word has convicting power to keep us from sinning. God’s Word is truth and teaches us what is truly pure.
A pure conscience enables us to discern right from wrong. When we sin we will no longer have a pure conscience and we will feel the guilt of our sin. There is a peace and joy that comes when we have a pure conscience. A pure conscience is affirmation that we are living in obedience to God.
Our memory verse for this week is found in Psalm 9:18.
For the needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.
Help me to live a pure life today, honoring You with my thoughts and my actions.
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