Search me O God

“Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” - Psalms 139v23-24

At the beginning of the Psalm David write, “Thou hast searched me O God, and known me.” In this last verse he writes, “Search me O God, and know my heart.” David could write that because he strove to keep his heart so pure that he could open it up to God’s searching intense searching. David had a burning desire to live totally for the Lord. In order to do that he knew that His life must be pure.

Look at David’s call to the Lord

Search me O God
Know my heart
Try me
Know my thoughts
See if there be any wicked way in me
Lead me in the everlasting way

I wonder how many of us could pray that prayer to God everyday? The reason why we often cannot do so is that we know what is going on in our hearts. We know that deep down we don’t really want God to check out to this extent. We don’t want to open ourselves open to that kind of scrutiny.

What is the solution? One solution is to just not open ourselves to God like David did. That won’t work because God knows it all whether we ask Him to check us out or not. The other solution is the right one. By God’s grace and with the abiding Holy Spirit we can purify our lives and live in such a way that we could call on God to search us totally and completely.
May we each be able to pray everyday – “Search me O God.”