![]() ![]() ![]() The Psalm asks: “Who may ascend the mountain of the LORD who may stand in His holy place?” In other words, who can fellowship with God? Who can go to heaven to see Him? This is the conscious or subconscious desire of every person. We saw in our study of “meekness” that there was a Psalm that helped define that term for us: Psalm 37 told us that it means to “trust in the Lord and do good.” We find a similar foreshadowing of “purity of heart” in Psalm 24:3-4 in the Old Testament: It is the substance that matters in the Kingdom the heart - and that is the point of this 6th Beatitude: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” Too often in our country, appearance is more important than substance: in athletics, in politics - and too often, in the church.īut we need to understand something very important this morning: appearance may mean everything in the United States of America - but it is not so in the Kingdom of God. Doesn’t matter as much how good you are, as how good you LOOK. I thought, you know, this is pretty typical America, where “appearance” means everything. I was still laughing to myself as I thought about this race afterwards. ![]() This “impressive looking runner” was the slowest guy on the track! He looked SO good - but he performed so badly. But when the starting pistol went off, I almost burst out laughing. I thought, I can’t wait to see this guy run - he must really be good. He went through his warm-ups in a professional manner, with all the right moves, the right preparation. He had a spiffy uniform, as well as some custom socks and some golden shoes, and all the most fashionable accessories. As I sat in the bleachers, I noticed this one particular runner warming up, who looked very impressive. I don’t think I’ll ever forget this one track meet I watched several years ago in Louisiana. I enjoy going to a number of high school sporting events, like football and basketball games, and track meets. ![]()
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