# 49. 2017 Dev. Ps 24: Seeking God! Read all of Ps. 24. The purpose of these devotionals is to draw closer to God and grow spiritually by applying His Word to our daily living. All passages are taken from the NIV.
Ps. 24:3-4
3 Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place?
4 The one who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not trust in an idol or swear by a false god.
Ps. 24 is last Psalm of this series of Psalms beginning with Ps. 15. Look back at Ps.15 and see how the beginning psalm and the last Ps. 24 compliment each other. Ps 19 is the center of this series on God’s majesty and who may approach the God of the universe. Ps. 24 also speaks of purity and God’s majesty and is a Psalm seen as the prophetic description of the ascension of Jesus into the the heavenly sanctuary by Christians today.
We don’t question God’s majesty but we question the idea of human purity, we only need to take a hard look at ourselves. I suspect that if we are honest with ourselves we struggle with the questions concerning ascending the mountain of the Lord and “who may stand in his holy place?”
We need to back up to verses one and two, establishing God’s majesty as the creator, the owner, and the One who controls the history of the earth. V.3 asks the questions we have discussed and verse 4 gives us the answers. Given our lives on this earth the idea of approaching the God of the universe and the privilege of standing in God’s presence is a pressing question.
Satan tells us not a one of us is worthy but vs.5-6 helps us to understand: Those who seek his face will be blessed and vindicated by God their Savior. God calls us but we must respond by seeking God. Salvation is ours because we have faith in Christ, He is perfect, He forgives us, He perfects us, He loves and calls us and He is the one who deems us worthy! Praise be to God our Savior! Along with Jesus we will ascend to God and we will stand in His holy place. Amen!
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