Matthew 5:1-13 The Beatitudes (those whose hearts are pure)

It's been awhile in my continuing saga-blog of expressing my love to you, Lord. Yet, in an effort to teach and be taught, I'm going to be working with our next beatitude;

God blesses those whose hearts are pure,
for they will see God.

My initial reaction to this beatitude might have been this...

"Wait, so if my heart is pure I get to see God? Oh man...I think I might be out of luck on this one!"

In a sense...this statement's sub-text holds much profundity. Here's why...if we accept the principle that we, in no way, are able to uphold God's law flawlessly, thus being blatantly unworthy to "see" God when we die, but only through our true acceptance of Christ's sacrifice are we no longer subjected to the law alone, then this statement no longer holds truth.

Our are hearts pure? No. In no way, shape or form are any of our hearts are pure, and we MUST be willing to identify that and come to terms with that. Does this mean that we're "out of luck", so to speak? No, the identification of our sin is the first step in taking action for being able to see God in the end. The second is accepting in your heart that you accept that Christ has indeed died for your impurities and that through this acceptance, you are no longer subjected to the idea that only through obeying the law will you go to heaven. God has added a new element for His people. The idea of forgiveness.

Now does this mean you escape free? No way! Because when you have accepted Christ as your redeemer, much more comes along with this...a love of God, a desire to be more like Christ and with it an internal disgust with your sin and strive to no longer do it, but becoming aware that you will anyway and thus becoming aware of repentance.

God will purify your heart as you accept Christ and as you strive to follow His path and be more like Him. You will find yourself changing inside, in your heart, because God does not measure your money, your academic accomplishments, your "good deeds" alone because those are accolades placed on you by the world, but instead He measures your heart and it is through that heart that he will work towards changing you and it is through your work and acceptance that you will not only "see" God here on earth, but also when it is your time to enter the kingdom of Heaven.