Pure Living

I’m not sure who said, “What you’re doing speaks so loudly that I can’t hear what you’re saying”. He or she was “spot on” with that quote. Talk is cheap, and people can say about anything, and really seem to mean it. It’s one thing for me to talk about my faith in God and it’s totally different thing to actually live it out and put my faith into real life. One of my daily goals is to begin each day spending time with the Lord. I start by being thankful for all He has done and is doing in my life. I start my “gratitude list”.  I could write a novel simply thanking the Lord for the multitude of relationships he’s blessed me with over the years starting with family.

The last few days, I’ve had the privilege to spend some time in “Walt’s World” in Florida. We had an aggressive schedule in order to get as much fun out of each day as possible. I didn’t take the time to blog each morning, but I did read the first chapter of Titus. It really spoke to me as I became an elder at our church this past year. I’ve been in church leadership in various capacities for several years. This role is an important call upon my life. When I got to the end of this chapter, I found that these two verses just saturated my thoughts. I really want my life to reflect a pure heart. I know where I need work in my heart, but the Lord is so patient. Check this out….

¹⁵ Everything is pure to those whose hearts are pure. But nothing is pure to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, because their minds and consciences are corrupted. ¹⁶ Such people claim they know God, but they deny him by the way they live. They are detestable and disobedient, worthless for doing anything good. (Titus 1:15-16 NLT)

I can’t “say” I know the Lord if He doesn’t show up in the activities of my daily life. He really wants to live in me and through me so that others may be introduced to Him.  I want each decision and choice that I make today to be filtered by the purity of God’s Word and His call upon my heart. I know that the enemy is real, and he wants to destroy me and everything I believe in. The enemy comes at me from every angle. I just keep my heart open to the Lord’s call upon it. I must keep surrendering my heart to Him so that my motives stay pure as well as my actions.

I don’t want to say I love God with my lips only to deny Him with my life. That is the very definition of hypocrisy. That sort of life is anything but pure. I want to be a man who seeks to heart of God each day and live according to His Word.

Pressing On!

Dwayne