Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Matthew 5:8

Out of all the Beatitudes, this is the most demanding.  The word for pure in the Greek means unmixed.  Therefore, this verse can be translated:

Blessed is the man whose motives are always entirely unmixed,

for he shall see God.

In the man or woman lies freedom from self-satisfaction, pride, prejudice, contempt, and selfishness.  Their heart is not polluted by the world or self, but is found free and able to see the Almighty clearly.  

Even today, the church has established smoke screens so that the ordinary person can not see the Almighty with out the theological help of a trained minister. 

To see God there can be no mixture of world and self, but freedom. 

A farmer went each week to the Farmers’ Market to sell, among other things, the cottage cheese and apple butter made on his farm. He carried these in two large tubs, from which he ladled the cottage cheese or apple butter into smaller containers the customer brought.

One day he got to market and discovered he’s forgotten one ladle. He felt he had no choice but to use the one he had for both products.

Before long he couldn’t tell which was which.

How mixed up is your life?  Become focused and free, look for God.