"Pursue sanctification, blessed are the pure in heart, when you follow God, you begin to see Him everywhere. " - Pastor Chuck
This entire week I have been chewing on the words that Pastor Chuck gave us on Sunday. It was all on forgiving, being merciful, purifying our hearts, and seeing God through everyone and everything. It was one of those messages that I left church thinking, "Yeah that was a good service" but as the days after followed, it seems to be all that I have been thinking about. That constant pursuit of sanctification, and just striving for an inward purity that will in turn outwardly spill over into every part of our lives.
As I have looked over my notes and read all of this scripture that I had written down, the one thing I could not get out of my head was this: I am such a selfish person.
In situations where someone might have done me wrong- of course I don't want to forgive.
In times where I fall into the lies of this world and my heart becomes stained: I don't want to admit it to others or to my Heavenly Father.
People all around me love and cherish me, but how do I serve or love them back?
This week it has been my prayer to pursue a type of sanctification that is above and beyond anything that I have ever experienced. I am praying for my heart to be purified and to start seeing God from the moment that I wake up, to the moment that I lay my head down to fall asleep. The Lord reveals Himself everywhere, we just have to look.
Well, there is my heart.
Oh Paige that really touched my heart. Most days i feel that same way. I feel like i love when everyone does things for me but what do i ever do in return. By the way i love your blog and i know you were asking me about mine when you were down here so i think you can get to it from this comment
ReplyDeleteCant wait to see you Friday!