Pure...

"But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure..." James 3:17

When you wake up in the morning, one of the first things you do is look in a mirror. You brush your teeth and comb your hair. But no matter what, people don’t typically leave the house until they’re confident that all basic grooming behaviors have been covered. The goal is to have that polished look—clean, spotless, pure.

It’s ironic that we can spend so much time trying to perfect our outward appearance, yet neglect our most important feature - our hearts.

No matter how well put together we may be on the outside, we will constantly find our lives in disarray if we lack God’s wisdom and guidance in our hearts. Without that, our hearts become dusty, dirty, unkempt, creating a less than desirable living space for the things that matter most.

Spiritually, God is the only one who can make us clean. And when we seek His wisdom, the "wisdom that comes from heaven," we are seeking the one thing that can truly make us pure — inside and out.