A clean house, a clean car, clean clothes, even the proverbial 'clean slate' - why do we so enjoy things that are clean? Perhaps it is because it evokes a sense of purity and newness. In Psalm 5, David longs for a clean & pure heart, free from sin and stain, knowing that the Lord looks on the heart. Only God can create a clean heart through the washing and cleansing of our sin by the blood of Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit. But like David, we must beg the Lord to restore our hearts with faith that he will respond. Today on Live in the Light, we learn that forgiveness restores us from sin, but brokenness and contriteness before God produce joy!
Severe consequences resulted when God's people wandered away in disobedience. In today's text we see that compromise ultimately led to disaster for the Israelites...