By THE SPIRIT David wrote in Psalm 51:
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.
13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted to You.
Within David’s prayer of repentance is a Truth for us to embrace as we mature as Sons and Daughters of FATHER. First of all our hearts must become pure and circumcised by Love thus producing a clean heart. This precedes the other acts of restoration. If you don’t start with a pure heart then the next steps cannot be fully accomplished. David asked that FATHER renew a steadfast spirit within him.
The word steadfast means- to be firm, be stable, be established, be stable, be secure, be enduring, be stable, be secure, be enduring, to be fixed, be securely determined.
It is possible to be cast away from FATHER’S presence. If not David would not have brought up the possibility. It denotes we have a choice to enter into HIS Presence or remain at a distance from HIM. We have choices everyday of what path we are going to take and thus we need to remain steadfast in our decision to proceed toward full maturing as Sons and Daughters no matter what life throws at us. People will disappoint us at every turn yet we must not let their words or actions determine our path. Only FATHER, Jesus the Messiah, and the Holy Spirit are fully reliable in our walk therefore let us rest in THEM when life brings us those apparent insurmountable challenges that only Divine intervention will overcome.
It is also possible to negatively impact your walk concerning the Holy Spirit being taken away. In Mathew chapter 12 Jesus spoke:
31 “Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.
32 Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.”
The Holy Spirit has been given to us out of the act of Love on the cross by Jesus and we should never take this privilege for granted and we should be grateful for the Holy Spirit residing inside our individual temples. We must not let this relationship slide into a dormant state but be ever aware of the Holy Spirit residing on the inside as a witness to all we say and do. The first mention of the Holy Spirit is in the above passage by David.
As we progress in this maturing process we should ask FATHER to restore the joy on HIS Salvation. Many of us can remember the day of our personal salvation and the weights resulting from our past life being removed. Our priorities in life changed and we saw the old man for who he was. FATHER wants to restore joy in our lives so we should ask HIM to do so.
Additionally David asks FATHER to uphold him by HIS generous Spirit. David seeks help in being willing and sustained as he goes through this process. We too should ask FATHER to sustain us as we are enduring the hardships set before us. HIS Love for us exceeds any and all challenges the world brings to our door. Our daily communion with HIM is critical as we are progressing toward full maturity. FATHER will put into perspective what we should focus on and what is “fleeting” during these challenges.
What is the result of this progression? David will become a true soul winner and so should we. People want to win souls before they have progressed to a level of maturity when their life can be viewed as a testimony. However David realized that his greatest testimony to others is his walk and relationship with FATHER for he knew that actions speak louder than words.
Let David’s prayer in the verses 10 through 13 be our prayer as well.