Your Heart

7 Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8 Oh, give me back my joy again;
you have broken me—now let me rejoice.
9 Don’t keep looking at my sins.
Remove the stain of my guilt.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a loyal spirit within me.
11 Do not banish me from your presence,
and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and make me willing to obey you.

- Psalm 51

When you are precious to the Lord GOD in Heaven, your relationship with Him is such an important treasure to Him. He will hold you in His heart like cherished treasure. When you have this kind of intimacy with GOD and you have done a wrong thing that has displeased Him, He will surely tell you what is weighing in His heart. He will not let you go feeling okay. GOD will's hand will be heavy on you and you will feel so much sorrow. Until you ask for His forgiveness and has released forgiveness to you. This is how much GOD cares for you that He would not let you just be unaware of what He feels about what you have done until you make things right with Him. GOD is such a passionate lover and always wants us to maintain a good love relationship with Him. 

We need to ask from GOD a pure heart. For nobody is good on their own not one is good enough (Psalm 53:2-3). When we ask things that will please Him, He will surely grant it to us especially when it will benefit us greatly. We have to desire what is pleasing to Him and ask it of Him. For we are frail beings unable to please GOD on our own, we need His Spirit to enable us to be willing and obedient to His ways. Many times it is difficult because our rebellious nature wants it's own way, but there's nothing GOD would not do for a heart that longs for His presence and seeks His love. GOD is after your heart.... 

Covenant Relationship

1 Exactly two months after the Israelites left Egypt, they arrived in the wilderness of Sinai. 2 After breaking camp at Rephidim, they came to the wilderness of Sinai and set up camp there at the base of Mount Sinai.
3 Then Moses climbed the mountain to appear before God. The Lord called to him from the mountain and said, “Give these instructions to the family of Jacob; announce it to the descendants of Israel:4 ‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians. You know how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. 5 Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth; for all the earth belongs to me. 6 And you will be my kingdom of priests, my holy nation.’ This is the message you must give to the people of Israel.”

- Exodus 19

GOD's faithfulness never ceased to be with the Nation of Israel. After GOD brought them out of Egypt which took a lot of time and miracles before they were able to be free from the hold of Pharaoh, they arrived in the Mountains of Sinai. 

Mountains represents difficulty and hardship in life... But Moses wasn't afraid of the difficulties that he may have to face in leading the people of Israel. He climbed up the mountain to be with GOD because it was only in the mountain that GOD would speak to Him. Just like Moses we have to rise above the mountains of our lives, instead of running away from it, we climb up our mountains because GOD meets us where our faith takes us. Every kind of leader will face mountains of hardship because it is not easy to lead people. But it will require us to fully depend on the LORD and to climb up our mountains so we can listen to His instructions with how GOD wants us to take responsibilities for the people HE wants us to lead.

GOD has proven Himself first to the Israelites by bringing them out of Egypt carrying them on Eagle's wings and bringing them to Himself. Now GOD wants them to do something for Him, to obey Him and keep His commandments. What are they? We all know the 10 Commandments, but Jesus has summarized it into two. Are they only applicable for Israel? No, they are for anyone who recognizes Him as GOD and for anyone who chose to follow Jesus. If you chose to obey and keep His covenant you will be His own special treasure from among all the peoples of the earth. Do you want this kind of relationship with GOD? Then be in a covenant relationship with GOD. It is not about keeping religion, doing routinely things out of obligation. It is a relationship like a wife is to her husband, this is how GOD compares what we ought to be, submissive and loving GOD with all our hearts.

Work

‘Does anyone remember this house—this Temple—in its former splendor? How, in comparison, does it look to you now? It must seem like nothing at all!
But now the Lord says: Be strong, Zerubbabel. Be strong, Jeshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people still left in the land. And now get to work, for I am with you, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. My Spirit remains among you, just as I promised when you came out of Egypt. So do not be afraid.
- Haggai 2:3-5

Many of us want to live our lives to the full. Some of us more ambitious than others. We want the best cars, the best houses, the best career and everything we should have the best. But life does not compose of things alone. Our lives are created when we are formed first in the wombs of our mother. The first thing we aquire when we are born are our bodies. We have 3 aspects: Soul, Spirt and Body. Our bodies are a physical aspect of who we are. Just as people live in a house. A house or temple is our body, that GOD can come into and reside in. For GOD is Spirit and His Spirit longs to be one with our spirits. We can let Him reside in our body when our spirits are willing to welcome another Spirit, stronger and more powerful than our spirit to host our lives. 

There are many times when we are unsure of ourselves, unsure what we are supposed to do. We don't know our purpose, we don't know why we are here for. But GOD who created your whole being, soul, spirit and body, knows exactly why HE created you and for what purpose. The "why" HE created you is for HIS pleasure. HE wants to enjoy you. He wants to be in an intimate relationship with you. The "what is my purpose?" is your role or function within the people that GOD has raised you in. It is the relationships that you have in your life. It is also the gifts which GOD has given you that enables you to bless others, work and produce wonderful things. When you are unsure of your purpose, you can always ask the LORD Your Maker and HE will reveal great things you have never known before. We are created for glory because we are made in GOD's image. And it's only natural for us to be the best that we can be because GOD has arrayed us with His glory from the time we were born and as we grow, we change from glory to glory. Even with old age, it is GOD's will that we become better, improving, becoming wiser, happier, and just be more than what we were. So if you want to know what GOD has created you for, look around you and ponder, reflect and think with GOD. First of all you are a child of GOD created in His image. What can you give GOD back? Second GOD has given you your family. If you are a father your role is to provide, love and protect your family. If you have the passion and gift to build, then you can be a Civil Engineer and your work is to build the best structures for every building that has been assigned to you. Understand the design that GOD has created you for and when you do, work your best! Work your hardest because the LORD is with you. There are many more things that you can do and there are many people that need your gifts, your time, your love and even more that only you can give. Each of us are created so uniquely by GOD. There's not one that we are similar to, not one person that we have the same thumbmark. All your gifts are a combination of just how uniquely created you are by GOD. So do your best in all that you do, for GOD promised that HIS Spirit is with you. When you work, work with all your heart, for whatever that GOD has placed in your hands will only be for a short time and time can pass by so quickly and we only have one house, one life so let's do the best that we can for HIS glory because HE is with us.