Recently in washing a pot, I splashed some of the residue onto my blouse. Immediately I went to spray stain remover but even after going through the wash cycle, I can still see the faint outline of the spots.
“Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me.” (Psalm 51:10, NLT)
David knew confession was the only way to receiving forgiveness for the wrongs he had done. But David desired more ”“ he desired a heart that would not repeat the sin nor fall back into it.
David also knew his heart would fail him and only God could give him a heart that would be loyal. David needed a clean heart and so do we.
The word “create” is bara in Hebrew and “This means to generate into existence … implies craftsmanship. It describes bringing something which wasn’t into existence or re-creating something into something new” (NLT Study Bible, Hebrew and Greek Word Studies).
The word “renew” is khadash and “This means to return an object to a condition or state that is the same as a prior condition” (also from the NLT Study Bible, Hebrew and Greek Word Studies).
I hope you will join me for the rest of this post at Women to Women Ministries as we look at how to obtain a clean heart and a loyal spirit.
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Wow, that stain story was a good example of the truth that we need God to do the work of creating and renewing.