Discernment

Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they will see God.
~Matthew 5:8~

I do not even know how to start this post, having to be touched by this verse and its core of its meaning.

As of late, I am humbly opening my eyes, ears, thoughts, everything of me to the working of the Holy Spirit and trying to listen tentatively to Its leading. As was further affirmed by my professor, this verse speaks of discernment more than anything else.

Even as I often think about the many times of how I am able to see certain things that I feel was rather uniquely drawn from scripture, my only explanation is that it is the working of the Holy Spirit. What has given me the thoughts that I have and the wisdom from seeing a situation and the understanding of the scripture is something rather a mystery to me still.

When Matthew wrote about having a pure heart, he was not really meaning that a person that is pure from sin or faults or genuinely a good person, but what Matthew meant was the when he who is one with the Spirit and aligned to its leading, can see through the world around him with spiritual discernment. To see God is to see what He sees and how He sees it.

I must also say that I am not always obedient to the leading of the Holy Spirit as I often stray away to my own dependency. But whenever I find myself running back to God and seeking His changing in me to come to fruition, I find so much affirmation just jumping out at me whenever I read His word.

It is true when they say that we find peace and hear Him much better when we are aligned with Him in Spirit. From what I see, to what I hear, and to what I understand, there is a significant difference when I see myself drawing closer to Him... and with no doubts and confusion, I know that it is Him that is leading somehow.