True Life

Psalms 24:6 says, "This is Jacob, the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek Your face. Selah."

There are so many generational songs that we sing as a church body all over the world. The words from a Paul Bolache song rings in my head this morning after reading Psalm 24. He words this verse, "O God let us be, a generation that seeks, that seeks Your face, O God of Jacob." He turns this proclamation of a generation into a cry and plead that we would be that generation.

As Christians, there should be a daily prayer being prayed that has to do with the revival of the Christian heart. A revival could be considered a resuscitation of a person. A believer who is unconscious or asleep and in need of breath to be awaken. We don't have the breath of God and unless we ask for it to rain down in our lives. We pray for this awakening so that we may have the characteristics of a Godly generation, like verses four and five say. They say, "He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive blessing from The Lord, And righteousness from the God of his salvation."

Why is it so important to be this generation that David is talking about? Verse three of this chapter says, "Who may ascend into the hill of The Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place?" So prayers across the globe are being made that we may reach the presence of God and bask in His glory? Yes, but even more so, it's so that we may find life.

Yes, life. One of my favorite things about the Gospel of Jesus Christ, or the story of His perfect life and death on a cross to save His people, is that He does it so that we may have life. Life comes from having fellowship with the Father. Without fellowship with God, we do not have nor know life but simply a morsel of it. When we are in the presence of God, we experience this life. Being redeemed and justified, we have the promise of experiencing true life with God in heaven, but it's a fight to enjoy that life here on earth. We are still sinful, and even though we have been completely justified by God's grace, we still sin. We look forward to the day where we no longer sin but have life to the fullest with God.

So let us join together and commit to this daily prayer: That our hearts would be pure and our hands be clean so that the Christian church may ascend into the hill of God. - Forsake All