Staying pure

In this passage, God sets out some sanitary laws, (which was probably a good idea since they had no sewage system in those days). 

But in doing so, he impressed on the people the need for purity. 

He said,

When you are encamped against your enemies, keep away from everything impure…

For the Lord your God moves about in your camp to protect you and to deliver your enemies to you.

Your camp must be holy, so that he will not see among you anything indecent and turn away from you. (Deuteronomy 23:9, 14)

Verse 14 particularly strikes me.  The Lord is always among us, and desires to protect us and deliver us from the attacks of Satan. 

But in our lives, our “camp” must be holy.  There is to be nothing indecent or impure in us.

David wrote in Psalm 101,

I will be careful to lead a blameless life—
when will you come to me?

I will walk in my house
with blameless heart.

I will set before my eyes
no vile thing. (Psalm 101:2-3)

People often strive to keep themselves pure in public if only to maintain their image. 

But how about in our homes?  Do we walk in our homes with blameless hearts?  Are we careful to live blameless lives in our homes?  Or are there things we hide in the closet of our hearts?

God cannot dwell where there is sin.  And so he tells us to keep away from all things that are impure. 

How is your heart today?  Is it pure?  Or impure?