Nothing between my Heart and HIM

“Blessed the pure in heart, for they shall see God” (Matthew 5:8).

This is the most heavenly and lofty of all the “blesseds,” yet the most difficult to make plain to others. It is the moral condition of the heart that determines whether the eyes of the heart, the moral vision of the soul, can see God or appreciate His excellency and greatness. For example, one must have a pure heart to see one of the most attractive aspects of His character—divine mercy! The purer the heart the more clearly it sees God, and the more clearly it sees God, the purer it becomes.

We cannot make or keep the heart pure by just trying to do so, for that trying would produce a state of mere mystical self-occupation. To be pure, the heart must have an object that is itself absolute purity.

As the heart is not inherently pure, it must make Christ who is inherently pure its object—He is the brightness of God’s glory and the express image of His Person (See Acts 15:9 ; 1 Pet 1:22; Heb 1:3). What a relief, what a rest the heart finds in finding Him! But Christ must be our one object; a pure heart must be an undivided heart - a whole heart!

But what about us? Are our hearts pure? Do I see God? These are solemn but proper questions. Being pure in heart is the true condition for Christians but, alas, all are not “pure in heart.” People who come to the Lord’s Table are expected to be “those that call upon the Lord out of a pure heart” (2 Tim. 2:22). We are told: “Purify your hearts, ye double-minded” (Jas 4:8). “We shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone that has this hope in Him purifies himself, even as He is pure” (1 John. 3:2-3).

Oh, may nothing come between my heart and Him, that the likeness be not marred!

A.M.