God Make Me Right Again

Meditations on

Staying In the Grace for Today 

September 1, 2025

God Make Me Right Again

Create in me a clean heart, O God,

    and put a new and right spirit within me.

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.

Psalm 51:10, Matthew 5:6 (NRSV) 

Whenever I have a craving for food, it is generally for something salty or sweet, foods that are not healthy for me. I can’t recall ever having a craving for vegetables, maybe for tropical fruit, but never for vegetables. A craving is a powerful desire for something, so it is not limited to food. I’ve certainly experienced cravings for a comfortable lifestyle, for success in my work, and on the tennis court.

My cravings differ quite a bit from those of the psalmist and Jesus’ beatitude quoted above. My natural cravings are like drinking salt water, they only make me thirstier. When I think about my cravings attempting to meet my deepest needs, I am reminded of Paul’s lament in Romans 7:24, Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by my natural cravings? (My paraphrase) Of course, Paul doesn’t ask a question without giving us an answer: “Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Romans 7:25a)

One of many reasons I have come to crave the sacrament of Holy Communion weekly is that within the liturgy, I affirm my desire for God to make me right, again.

My Takeaway: Our answer is Jesus: “And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words.” (Romans 8:26) The Holy Spirit prays for us to seek a clean heart, a new and right spirit. 

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

Copyright © 2025 by Alex M. Knight

 

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