Search me, O God, and know my heart.
Examine me, and know my anxious thoughts,
and see if there be any offensive way within me,
and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24, TLV
We Brave Enough? Do we have the courage to pray this psalm every day? Perhaps several times a day? I used to. Not sure when I stopped, but no question, I need to resume this prayer. Because it’s not just about allowing our Father to know our thoughts — He knows them whether we “allow” Him or not — it’s about Him revealing them to us.
Knowing our motivations and true thoughts can be a bit scary. To be placed under that spiritual microscope is where real change happens. Because we can’t change what we don’t — or won’t — see.
Why does our Heavenly Father want us to see all our yucky stuff? So that He can point a finger and say, “For shame!” Nah. He’s known what we would do and think long before we were formed in our mother’s womb.
For You have created my conscience.
You knit me together in my mother’s womb. (vs. 13, TLV)
He reveals by His Holy Spirit those sins and yucky thoughts and motivations because He knows that these things are hurting us. Keeping us from freedom and being who He created us to be.
How about joining me? Each morning and/or evening praying this before we ask for forgiveness? As we all know, we can’t change what we won’t acknowledge. And we can’t acknowledge what we won’t see.
Search me, O God, and know my heart …
