“Heirs of the King” was an absolutely phenomenal book. In fact I think it could be one of the best books I’ve ever read. Maybe its just the timing of what all God is doing in my life right now through this time of prayer and fasting, but its was a great read. Wiersbe wrote so many insightful thoughts and pointed to many, many scriptures to back it up. In this book Wiersbe not only lists the beatitudes but he breaks them down as well. He goes into detail as to how each one of these can & should be displayed in our lives as Christ’s followers.
There were so many things that I learned from this book and many of those things I’m still pondering, examining, and developing so I can put them into my daily living. However, of all the things I’ve been learning from this book one of them really sits above the rest. The beatitude that stands out the most is, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” (Mat. 5:8). As this beatitude is broken down its made clear that its takes a completely pure heart to see clearly. A clouded heart clouds your vision, which in turn clouds your living. Wiersbe writes, “At some point in life, each of us must decided what is our highest joy, for the thing that delights us directs us.” So I began to ask myself what is it that brings me the most joy? Is it God’s work or something else?
He also goes on to talk about how a pure heart is one that is totally committed to Christ & no one else. As he describes this he uses the example of Saul & David. While Saul spent the majority of his kingship worrying about what people saw & not what God saw, David spent the majority of his not carrying about what others saw but only about what God saw. Sin in my heart will cause me to worry about the outside, but a pure heart takes care of the inside.
As I continue to let God clean me out from the inside out I continue to see just how much more I need God to do in my life. But I also see more of Christ in everything and everyone. When my heart is in tune with God I’ll be more aware of him and I’ll see him in everything – that’s why Paul said that ALL things work together for good…(Rom. 8:28). The more pure I become the closer to God I will be, and the closer to God I get the more I’ll see of him around me, and the more I see of him around me the more I do for his glory.
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How awesome is that. That we become more aware of His glory that closer we are to Him. Keep operating in the JOY of the Lord.
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