Give Me a Pure Heart

Give Us Clean Hands by Chris Tomlin

We bow our hearts
We bend our knees
Oh Spirit come make us humble
We turn our eyes
From evil things
Oh Lord we cast down our idols

So give us clean hands
and give us pure hearts
Let us not lift our souls to another
Oh give us clean hands
and give us pure hearts
Let us not lift our souls to another
Oh God let this be
a generation that seeks
that seeks Your face, Oh God of Jacob
Oh God let us be
a generation that seeks
that seeks Your face, Oh God of Jacob


I can remember first singing this song at a youth conference that I went to. It really spoke to me then and this morning it convicted me. I would be a hypocrite if I let you think that this song describes me. It actually describes the opposite. I am prideful, looking at evil things and worshipping idols. I am not seeking after God. It makes me feel terrible to say it but one thing that I decided to do last year is to tell the truth more. If I lied and said that everything was peachy keen with me it wouldn't help me at all and would probably make you feel terrible because you are struggling with these things as well.

I want this song to describe me. I want to be humble before God and I want to turn my eyes away from the evil things around me. I want to turn my thoughts toward God. I want to be the generation that seeks after God. I want to have clean hands and a pure heart. Someone once told me last year that I had a pure heart and I wanted to tell them that I didn't. My heart it as bad as the person next to me. But if I want to seek after God isn't that seeking? I guess my hearts in the right place. I understand that I have a need for more of God in my life.

The truth of the matter is that I would be lower than dirt if it wasn't for the grace, forgiveness, and love of the Father who picked me up from the mud and raised me from my life of death. If it wasn't for the wonderful amazing grace of God I would still be dirtier than dirt. If it wasn't for the cleansing blood of Jesus then my heart would still be as black as coal. But God has saved me and raised me and made me whole. Jesus has cleansed me and now I am white as pure snow. It is amazing to think of the grace of God. I don't understand how I can be dirty yet clean. I just can't get my little brain around the awesomeness of God. But I suppose that is a good thing.