As a kid growing up, I would cry when my hands were dirty. There was something strange about how things felt when my hands were dirty. I could never eat anything with dirty hands. Even as an adult, I wear gloves when I’m performing any task that would soil my hands. It still feels weird.
Washing my hands are of little significance when it comes to my relationship with my heavenly Father. Would I place more importance on my hands or on how I walk with Him? Do I understand not only how dirty my hands are but how dirty are the many things I try to do life? There is no way that I can wash enough to be clean before the Holy One. Thank you Lord Jesus.
My prayer is that we realize that we can’t cleanse ourselves. We can’t scrub the stains of our lives away. We need the grace and mercy of our Father. He sees the dirty hands, feet, noses, the bad attitudes, the selfish thoughts (and actions) and he still wants to embrace us (dirt and all). His cleansing agent is love!
So, I still like that clean feeling but more so now that I’m clean in Jesus.
1 How lovely is your dwelling place,
Lord Almighty!
2 My soul yearns, even faints,
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh cry out
for the living God.
3 Even the sparrow has found a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may have her young—
a place near your altar,
Lord Almighty, my King and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house;
they are ever praising you.
5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baka,
they make it a place of springs;
the autumn rains also cover it with pools.
7 They go from strength to strength,
till each appears before God in Zion.
8 Hear my prayer, Lord God Almighty;
listen to me, God of Jacob.
9 Look on our shield, O God;
look with favor on your anointed one.
10 Better is one day in your courts
than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
the Lord bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold
from those whose walk is blameless.
12 Lord Almighty,
blessed is the one who trusts in you.