Blessed Are the Pure in Heart!

"Blessed are the pure in heart! For they SHALL SEE GOD."

What does it mean to be pure in heart? This verse in Matthew 5 is somewhat of a challenge, a dare to exam yourself and become who God made you to be through His love and grace.

Have you ever come to God in prayer and asked Him to empty you of everything? Every sin, every hurt, every person or relationship that comes between you and God? Lay it all at HIs feet, and ask HIm to keep in your life the things that truly matter, not the things that you want. Let me tell you, you won’t be taking anything back.

So what DOES it mean to be pure in heart?

Well, the Greek word for ‘pure’ (in this verse) is katharos, which means ‘clean, blameless, unstained from guilt’.

UNSTAINED from guilt. Now how do we achieve such an impossible feat? Pureness of heart comes from an outpouring of uncleanliness before Christ. When you pour all that is unholy and unrighteous out, and truly seek to single your heart out for Christ, a pure heart is capable.

Now the Greek word ‘heart’ used here is kardeeah. This word can not only mean your physical, anatomical heart, but also refers to the center of spiritual life, or the soul. From this place, the kardeeah of a person, comes thoughts, desires, the feelings of purpose and understanding, will, and character. So basically, to be pure in heart means to be blameless in who we are!

It is not a show of outward purity; rather, it is the act of inward pureness of the heart and soul that only Christ can see!