Re-paint and thin no more! Psalm 51:10

Good morning all!  God is good all the time, all the time God is good. TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!

Psalm 51:10  "CREATE IN ME A CLEAN HEART, O GOD. RENEW A LOYAL SPIRIT WITHIN ME."

Because we are born sinners (51:5) our natural inclination is to please ourselves rather than God.  David followed that inclination when he took another man's wife.  Like David, we must ask God to cleanse us from within (51:7), filling our hearts and spirits with new thoughts and desires.

Right conduct can come only from a clean heart and spirit.  Ask God to create a pure heart and spirit in you.  I felt led to share this as I was suddenly waken at 4:00 a.m. this morning with this thought/joke in my head.  I felt God was speaking to me and wanted me to share.

The local painter would bid and receive a lot of jobs.  He usually under bid all of his competitors.  His competitors did not know how he could do all the jobs he did at the price he did.  What they did not know was he thinned his paint so 1 gallon would go as far as 2 and sometimes 3 gallons.  
    Now his paint was so watered down or thinned it still looked nice, but he always had to paint on bright sun shine and warm days with no chance of rain.  Well, he bid on the church to repaint the complete outside.  He won the bid. It was a clear day, not a cloud in the sky and he went to the church.
    He began to paint and was on the last side of the church when suddenly some clouds came up, gathered, the sky turned dark and it began to rain.  This was distressing to the painter as he knew the paint would not withstand rain until it was totally dry.
   Suddenly a cloud burst and the rain came hard and fast, the painter sadly watched as his fresh new thinned or watered down paint began to wash off the sides of the church and he knew he would have to paint it again.
   K-pow! A lightening bold from the sky came down, a loud clap of thunder and the clouds parted.  Then the painter heard a voice from the sky, it was God. God said to the painter, "Re-paint, re-paint and thin no more!"
   How does this relate to Psalm 51:10 - we are in life for ourselves and for our own gain.  We, you and I are not the way to eternal life, to follow God, to follow Christ is the only way and there are no shortcuts.  So my friend, re-paint and thin no more, let us have a renewed heart each moment of each day and let it be filled with Jesus. Love you all.
In Christ's Love and Grace
Johnny