The psalmist might proclaim
that the earth is the Lord's but we live as if everything belongs to us. It's
more than not taking care of the portion of the planet we inhabit. Rather our
neglect of good things is a symptom of a more serious disease. As the old
confession goes we have sinned against the Lord in thought word and deed by
what we have done and left undone. Our hands are unclean, our hearts are impure
and deceit comes naturally to us. And so it was for the unclean and impure that
the King of Glory climbed a hill called Calvary where his clean hands were
nailed to wood and his pure heart was broken. The blessing of the Lord we
receive is the answer to the prayer of another psalm. Create in us clean
hearts, O Lord, and renew in us a right spirit. Such is the company of those
who seek the Lord. Not those who are pure in their own right but those who have
been vindicated by the God of their salvation and that is good company indeed.
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