Who Does Not Lift Up His Soul...

Psalm 24

Who may ascend the hill of the LORD ?
Who may stand in his holy place?

He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
who does not lift up his soul to an idol
or swear by what is false.

He will receive blessing from the LORD
and vindication from God his Savior.

Such is the generation of those who seek him,
who seek your face, O God of Jacob.

Selah

Psalm 24:3-6

We cannot know right now how God feels about our generation. In scripture, God speaks of generations past as righteous or unrighteous. So how He is judging our present generation is yet to be known. Are we a generation that seek Him and seek after the things of God? Or are we a generation that lifts up our souls to idols? Do we put others, material possessions, or other activities before our relationship with God?

We all want the blessings of God and "vindication" from God, but we see in this passage that their are some requirements we must meet in order to receive them. If we want to stand in His holy place, receive blessings from God and vindication from Him, we must have clean hands and a pure heart. We must not lift up our souls to an idol or swear by what is false. This is the type of generation God is pleased with. This is the type of generation that seeks Him.

May we ask ourselves today in all of our decisions, am I seeking God and the heart of God in this decision? The book is still being written on our generation. We can be a generation that God looks down on and says "that generation is seeking after Me".