Recall:
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God." Matthew 5:8
And the twelve called together the whole community of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables. Therefore, friends, select from among yourselves seven men of good standing, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint to this task, while we, for our part, will devote ourselves to prayer and to serving the word.”
Acts 6:2-4
When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister”; for he was afraid to say, “My wife,” thinking, “or else the men of the place might kill me for the sake of Rebekah, because she is attractive in appearance.” Genesis 26:7
Reflect:
I wonder what the significance of the lie about wives is in Genesis. Abraham did it twice and Isaac once. It must have meant something to the original readers.
"The pure in heart" the single-minded. That is what I am striving for. My heart seems rarely pure. It's always pulled this way and that. As a result, I often don't make it to the finish line.
It's funny I should come across this passage from Acts today since I was just talking about the role of deacons with them yesterday.
Respond:
God, I want to see you. I want to experience as much of you as is possible on this side of eternity. I will put the practices into my life that will facilitate the purity of my heart.
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