Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you. Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness. O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Psalm 51:10-17 (ESV)We can have a dirty heart and a wrong spirit, and God sees what is going on and has every right to cast us away. Yet, His love, mercy, and grace keep us, not our perfection.
When we begin focusing on the world, the joy of our salvation is taken from us. When we focus back on God, it is restored.
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