Blameless Heart
Deuteronomy 18:13, “You shall be blameless before the LORD your God.”
God does not expect much out of us, just perfection! That’s right we are supposed to be “without blemish” when we come before God. He will not accept the sacrifice that is imperfect in any way, and we read in Romans 12 that we should give ourselves to God as a living sacrifice.
I’ll do the best that I can for God, but I”m not perfect. Besides, look at the examples we have from Scripture. Beginning back with Abraham, sure Abraham trusted God enough to move to an unknown land, but when he got scared of the Egyptians he gave his wife to them to protect himself, Genesis 12:12, “…when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife ‘; and they will kill me, but they will let you live. 13″Please say that you are my sister so that it may go well with me because of you, and that I may live on account of you.” 14 It came about when Abram came into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. 15Pharaoh’s officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh ; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.”
David was the great, triumphant king of Israel. The Bible even calls David a man after God’s own heart; surely he’s someone we can look up to I mean he has a personal reference from God! Even David would not be a great example of living a blameless life. I’m sure many of you know the story of David’s affair with Bathsheba, and the subsequent murder of her husband.
Can we find no one who is blameless before God? Maybe we can skip to the New Testament.
In Matthew chapter 4 Peter was one of the first apostle’s Jesus called, surely he will break the record of imperfection set by the Old Testament heroes. In my opinion I think Peter did a really good job. He came closer than anybody ever has to breaking the flawed line of imperfect humanity set by the Old Testament heroes, but in the end even he fell flat on his face. He denied knowing Jesus; not once or twice but three times.
I have searched the Scripture, and that blemish free sacrifice that God requires is not found in any person. The Bible tells us in Romans 3:10, “…THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE ; 11 THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD ; 12ALL HAVE TURNED ASIDE, TOGETHER THEY HAVE BECOME USELESS ; THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD, THERE IS NOT EVEN ONE.” 13THEIR THROAT IS AN OPEN GRAVE, WITH THEIR TONGUES THEY KEEP DECEIVING,”THE POISON OF ASPS IS UNDER THEIR LIPS “; 14″WHOSE MOUTH IS FULL OF CURSING AND BITTERNESS “; 15″THEIR FEET ARE SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD, 16DESTRUCTION AND MISERY ARE IN THEIR PATHS, 17 AND THE PATH OF PEACE THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN. 18THERE IS NO FEAR OF GOD BEFORE THEIR EYES.”
God is not looking for the perfect person because He knows that person does not exist, outside His Son, but He is looking for the perfect heart. The heart that desires to honor Him, and offer the blemish-free sacrifice He requires. Which can only be found in His Son!
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Father, I thank You for not looking on my imperfections, but instead seeing the perfection of Jesus’ sacrifice. In Jesus’ name, Amen
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