Psalm 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

Philippians 1:21 For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

How must I live?  Paul gives us the secret of living life as we go about our journey on this earth.  For me to live is Christ.  Just imagine how rich life would be by having Christ walking beside you every day.   In time of uncertainties, you could just look over to Christ for the answers.  David gives this type of walk in Psalms one hundred and nineteen.  Each of these one hundred and seventy-six verses gives the believer the secrets of walking with the Lord and having Him create in us a clean heart.  As Paul states in Philippians the purpose for the believer is to live a life that magnifies Christ in our life.

The second part of Philippians 1:21 “and to die is gain” gives the believer the joy of knowing that life after death is greater that the life we have on earth.  This is the fulfillment of I Corinthians 13:12,13 “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face:  now I know in part:  but then shall I know even as also I am known.  And now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”  For in death faith will become sight when we shall see our Savior face to face, and hope is fulfilled when we are in heaven and this corruptible will put on incorruption and this mortal shall put on immortality.  But our love will only grow as we praise our Lord for the victory he has given us over death to live eternality with Him in heaven.

Therefore, the goal of every believer should follow Paul’s advice found in Philippians “for me to live is Christ and to die is gain.”