"10 Create in me a clean heart, O GOD, and renew a right spirit within me.
11 Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your HOLY SPIRIT from me.
12 "RESTORE TO ME" the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit."
Recently a meme was shared with me that I have been ruminating over for days, "Satan's greatest weapon is man's ignorance of GOD's Word"! As I have been convicted of the Spirit of GOD about these words, my heart continually reminisces about my past and how I might have been a better servant of the LORD. How I could have been a better son, a better husband, a better father, a better church member, basically a person who loved the LORD more completely!
My desire was always to instill in my children a desire to learn, not only at school, but a desire to continue the learning process throughout their lives. Something I should have done a better job of was making SURE I exhibited that KNOWLEDGE and WISDOM are two separate things that need to have a definitive line between them. Proverbs 2:6-7 says "For the LORD gives WISDOM; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding; HE stores up sound wisdom for the UPRIGHT; he is a shield to those who walk in INTEGRITY." Had I imparted JUST THESE WORDS to my children their upbringing might have been less painful. Having your EYES OPENED by GOD is a feeling that cannot be described or duplicated.
Having a relationship with THE FATHER brings a joy and peace that cannot limited by words! For GOD to "RESTORE TO ME" a clean heart and renew a right spirit in me cannot be described. And HE prepares our heart to receive HIS revelation by various means. Through certain JOYS or certain TRIALS GOD can develop into vessels than give HIM nor it and glory. Letting HIM have HIS way in our lives can be one of the most joyful, exhilarating feelings known to man, while resisting HIS leadership and guidance can be one of the most frustrating feelings.
To have HIS WISDOM revealed to us, on HIS terms, is a phenomenon that only HE can receive glory for. Trying to attain knowledge on our own is a losing proposition. If "Satan's greatest weapon is man's ignorance of GOD's Word" then I need to know HIS Word more intimately!! To have GOD "RESTORE TO ME" the joy of HIS salvation is to realize that I am not worthy to have a relationship with HIM in the first place, but am so grateful HE has chosen me! Even knowing that I am imperfect, HE chooses to "RESTORE TO ME" the joy of HIS salvation!!
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