psalm 51:10-13
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Psalm 51:10-13:
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. 13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
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Only God can restore the balance of what’s off in our lives. He can perfectly restore us and put things in perspective. -Hebrews12 Endurance
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| "Given a renewed heart, the pathway for expressing thanksgiving to God is made up of two primary lanes that often are intermingled — prayer and praise. We choose to include in private and public times of prayer expressions of grateful dependence on our generous Heavenly Father. We also make sure to give thoughtful attention to expressions of praise to Him, both for who He is and what He does. In doing so, we are obeying the admonition of Psalm 100:4: “Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him and bless His name.”
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As we all move from one stage of our lives to another and as the years begin to add up, our daily prayer can be the same as David’s. “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and give me a right spirit. Restore me each day to your joy, O Lord.”
This “right spirit” then spills over into the relationships we have with others. Regardless of our ages or our place on the disciple’s path, God wants to give us this “right spirit.”
It is a gift to be exercised daily reflecting the spirit of Jesus as we walk through each day. Possessing and using this “right spirit” makes a huge difference to each of us, to others we meet, and to God. --Rev. Tim McConnell; Long's Chapel United Methodist Church
This “right spirit” then spills over into the relationships we have with others. Regardless of our ages or our place on the disciple’s path, God wants to give us this “right spirit.”
It is a gift to be exercised daily reflecting the spirit of Jesus as we walk through each day. Possessing and using this “right spirit” makes a huge difference to each of us, to others we meet, and to God. --Rev. Tim McConnell; Long's Chapel United Methodist Church
| " The mechanism of the human body is built to regenerate naturally. Every time we take in a breath, then exhale, we get a clean slate in our lungs. Every beat of our heart offers us a clean slate of oxygen-fed blood moving through and cleansing our body. Every moment we are alive, our cells change, regenerate and grow, giving us a cleaner slate of health.
In addition to our human bodies, creation can offer us emotional renewal (if we take a moment to notice its lessons). Every morning when the sun comes up, life starts anew – literally. Babies are born, oxygen is pumped back into the atmosphere by our forests, rain and sunlight bring growth. Creation, by its nature, offers us the daily hope of a clean slate. Perhaps the most powerful intimation is on a spiritual level. The Bible is full of reminders like the one in Psalm 51:10: "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me." |
God puts the Holy Spirit inside of you when you believe and put your love and trust in Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit prompts you in accordance with the Word of God. This is why David pleaded: “and take not thy holy spirit from me.”
Then, David says “Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit”. You are freed by knowledge of scripture to know the right paths to take. You have liberty in Christ Jesus. You are free to receive His love and purpose and relationship. You are no longer a slave to sin and its’ negative consequences. You are free. -Dr. Roger Holl; Sterling Grace Community Church |
Definition of RENEW1: to make like new : restore to freshness, vigor, or perfection<as we renew our strength in sleep>
2: to make new spiritually : regenerate 3a : to restore to existence : revive b : to make extensive changes in : rebuild 4: to do again : repeat 5: to begin again : resume 6: replace, replenish <renew water in a tank> 7a : <renew a license> b : to grant or obtain an extension on the loan of <renew a library book> Why do we need God to Renew a Right Spirit within us? There are a lot of opinions on what was meant when these words were written. The Psalmist asked for God to create in him a clean heart and to renew a right spirit within him. This is my prayer as well. We don’t need God to create a new heart from scratch, we already have a heart, but I think what the Psalmist is trying to say here is that we can’t make our heart clean apart from God. Creating is an action that only God can do. He is the only one who can truly make something out of nothing. -God Is |
| " No man can be renewed without as real and true a manifestation of the Holy Spirit’s energy as he felt at first, because the work is as great, and flesh and blood are as much in the way now as ever they were. Let your personal weakness, O Christian, be an argument to make you pray earnestly to your God for help. Remember, David when he felt himself to be powerless, did not fold his arms or close his lips, but he hastened to the mercy-seat with “renew a right spirit within me.”
Let not the doctrine that you, unaided, can do nothing, make you sleep; but let it be a goad in your side to drive you with an awful earnestness to Israel’s strong Helper. O that you may have grace to plead with God, as though you pleaded for your very life—“Lord, renew a right spirit within me.” He who sincerely prays to God to do this, will prove his honesty by using the means through which God works. Be much in prayer; live much upon the Word of God; kill the lusts which have driven your Lord from you; be careful to watch over the future uprisings of sin. The Lord has his own appointed ways; sit by the wayside and you will be ready when he passes by. Continue in all those blessed ordinances which will foster and nourish your dying graces; and, knowing that all the power must proceed from him, cease not to cry, “Renew a right spirit within me.” |
David's heart had been full of lust for Bathsheba, murderous plans for Uriah, and rebellion against God. He desired a new heart, one that was full of love for God and abhorrence of evil. Sin in his heart had brought him nothing but guilt, grief, and remorse. He wanted spiritual heart surgery that only God could perform.
Jesus cited the heart as the source of either good or evil. He explained: "The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks" (Luke 6:45). Jesus also said that "everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart" (Matthew 5:28). David, therefore, had committed adultery with Bathsheba in his heart before the physical act of adultery took place. He needed a new heart. But he also asked the Lord to renew a right spirit within him (Psalm 51:10). He wanted the kind of spirit that would obey the Lord at all times. -Bible Ref |
This was David's prayer.
To create means to cause something to exist where there was nothing before. To renew means to make new. David understood that only God could create what was not there before. He recognized the state he was and prayed to have a clean heart. He asked that his heart be made pure, that his affection and feelings might be made right. He was asking for what he conscious that he did not possess -a clean and pure heart. He also knew this kind of heart can only be produced by the power of God. A right spirit means a spirit that perseveres, a SPIRIT that is upright, right, proper, true and sincere. A spirit that is firm, constant and fixed. --RENEW A RIGHT SPIRIT IN ME. |
| " Although David sinned against Bathsheba, her husband, and David’s other wives, he realized he ultimately sinned against God. Therefore his heartfelt prayer was “Against you, you only have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight…” (Psalm 51:4).
In verses 7-8, he begged God to “Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have broken rejoice.”
David felt crushed under the conviction of his offenses against God. Then in verses 10-12 he not only asked for a clean heart, but for a renewed spirit, too. He also asked that he not be cast away from God’s presence and that the Holy Spirit not be taken from him.
According to The Ryrie Study Bible, in the Old Testament, the holy spirit was particularly related to service, rather than salvation. Thus, David was asking God not to take away his service as the anointed kind of Israel. David asked that God restore the joy of his salvation, as he was likely tired of going through the motions and not experiencing the fullness and joy that comes from living uprightly with a clear conscious. Finally, David asked God to give him a willing spirit to obey. In other words, David was praying “Give me a strong desire to obey so I don’t break Your heart again.” |
" A backslider, if there be a spark of life left in him will groan after restoration. In this renewal the same exercise of grace is required as at our conversion. We needed repentance then; we certainly need it now. We wanted faith that we might come to Christ at first; only the like grace can bring us to Jesus now. We wanted a word from the Most High, a word from the lip of the loving One, to end our fears then; we shall soon discover, when under a sense of present sin, that we need it now. No man can be renewed without as real and true a manifestation of the Holy Spirit’s energy as he felt at first, because the work is as great, and flesh and blood are as much in the way now as ever they were. Let thy personal weakness, O Christian, be an argument to make thee pray earnestly to thy God for help. Remember, David when he felt himself to be powerless, did not fold his arms or close his lips, but he hastened to the mercy-seat with “renew a right spirit within me.” Let not the doctrine that you, unaided, can do nothing, make you sleep; but let it be a goad in your side to drive you with an awful earnestness to Israel’s strong Helper. O that you may have grace to plead with God, as though you pleaded for your very life–“Lord, renew a right spirit within me.” He who sincerely prays to God to do this, will prove his honesty by using the means through which God works. Be much in prayer; live much upon the Word of God; kill the lusts which have driven your Lord from you; be careful to watch over the future uprisings of sin. The Lord has his own appointed ways; sit by the wayside and you will be ready when he passes by. Continue in all those blessed ordinances which will foster and nourish your dying graces; and, knowing that all the power must proceed from him, cease not to cry, “Renew a right spirit within me.”
--“Renew a Right Spirit Within Me” by C. H. Spurgeon
--“Renew a Right Spirit Within Me” by C. H. Spurgeon
| " Think for a moment about what does it mean for God to “put a new and right spirit within me.”? In David’s case, the new and right spirit is a humble spirit that seeks not to take advantage of one’s position and power. However, there are many other reasons why a person might benefit from a new and right spirit. Jealousy, envy, resentfulness, and hate are all attitudes that produce a negative spirit. If we are honest with ourselves we will know when it is time for a” new and right spirit.” However, sometimes its not easy to change yourself. That is why David asked God to change his spirit
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