How close to do want to be to Our Heavenly Father?
Should THE LORD be required to come to you or should you go to HIM? When we go and surrender before HIM, we honor and exalt HIM as our Master.
Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 13:
22 And when GOD had removed Saul, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own Heart, who will do all My will.’
In other Words, ‘I have found in David, son of Jesse, a man who always pursues My Heart and will accomplish all that I have destined him to do.’
David was the author of seventy-five Psalms out of one hundred fifty. He definitely proved that he was a man after GOD’S own Heart. Many of the Psalms are intended to cleanse our souls so that we too will be seen as those who are after HIS Heart.
I too am after HIS own Heart, and I trust you are to. Who is able to ascend into HIS Presence?
David provides a key as he recorded by The Holy Spirit in Psalm chapter 24:
3 Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD? Or who may stand in His Holy place?
4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul unto vanity (what is false), to an idol (or deception), Nor sworn deceitfully.
5 He shall receive blessing from the LORD, And righteousness from the God of his salvation.
And Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 5:
8 “Blessed [anticipating God’s Presence, spiritually mature] are the pure in heart [the soul: those with integrity, moral courage, and Godly character], for they will see God. AMP
The issue is not with the heart of a believer, it is with the soul. How do we cleanse our soul from the vanity of the world? We do it by cleansing it with The Word. As our soul is cleansed, we are able to ascend into FATHER’S Presence.
David was well aware of the issue associated with the soul.
David recorded by The Holy Spirit in Psalm chapter 42:
11 Why are you in despair, O my soul? Why have you become restless and disquieted within me? Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and My God.
We are to praise HIM, not petition HIM. There are many Psalms that do exactly that. As we exalt HIM with HIS Word of praise and worship, our souls will be cleansed of all impurities. At the same time, we must restrict ourselves from the world’s point of view. Their view will infiltrate our soul with vanity that works against the cleansing.
How long will it take to cleanse my soul? Will I commit to 30 days of transformational prayer where I simply praise and worship FATHER for Who HE is? Absolutely! Will you? What will it hurt?
Felix Alpern wrote a book “A Rabbi’s Journey to Heaven” where he was shown how to cleanse the soul. I will follow what he was shown for the next 30 days. Each day I will provide you with a Psalm or Psalms to read and meditate on throughout the day.
Resist other reading materials and only focus on what the Psalms declare. Not only read but also speak aloud what the Psalms convey. Your soul needs to hear your voice.
When is the best time to begin this daily process?
David recorded by The Holy Spirit in Psalm chapter 63:
1 O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water.
For the next 30 days leading up to the fall feast days, let us pursue Our Heavenly Father with praise and worship, ascending upward into His Presence.