(CS4U) Beatitudes - Part 6

 

Beatitudes - Part 6   Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Matthew 5:8   Describing how as a child he accompanied his dad to the Texas oil fields, Max Lucado writes: "The countryside was flat and predictable, that is why the refinery stood out like a science-fiction city. The function of that maze of machinery is defined by its name. A refinery takes whatever comes in and purifies it, so it is ready to go out. It does for petroleum what your heart should do for you - remove the bad and utilize the good." Listen: "The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart" (Luke 6:45). When you are criticized or ignored, do you bite back or bite your tongue? When you are on overload, do you blow your top or stay cool? When you hear gossip do you entertain it, silence it, or spread it? When somebody offends you, do you harbor a grudge or choose to forgive? That all depends on the state of your heart. Jesus said, "the pure in heart shall see God." When your heart has been purified, you will begin to see God at work in people and in ways you never noticed before. We do the reverse by cleaning up the outside first, but it does not work; superficial change is only skin deep. A dirty 'refinery' will always produce an impure product. You only change your life by working with God to develop a state-of-the-art heart.   Prayer Heavenly Father, help me to have a pure heart that loves others as you love them. In Jesus' Name, Amen

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