Search Me

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Scripture: Psalm 139:23-24 (NLT)

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;

test me and know my anxious thoughts.

24 Point out anything in me that offends you,

and lead me along the path of everlasting life.

Devotion:

            The prayer given here by the psalmist David is a dangerous one to pray. You are asking a holy and powerful God to examine your whole life and make the corrections as He sees fit. If one is at all self-aware of how sinful and weak one is spiritually inviting this kind of thorough inspection is dangerous. However, our God is trustworthy and usually gentle in his correction of His wayward sheep. Therefore, inviting God to search us should not intimidate us. Indeed, God loves us so much that we can be assured that whatever correction He makes will be only for making us into better Christians.

            This prayer touches us in sensitive places. First it invites God to examine our very heart. The heart is the most sensitive part of the human soul. Yet God is an excellent heart surgeon who is competent to open up our hearts to receive the spiritual nourishment that our hearts need. We can rest assured that God will do what is best for our hearts.

            We then invite God to search our minds and emotions. We ask Him to point out areas where we are anxious and unsettled. We know that Jesus preached that we should not be anxious about anything but in everything rely on God. We can trust the divine neurosurgeon to operate on our minds bringing them into conformity with His will. God must align our thoughts and emotions with his in order to bring us peace

            Finally, we ask God to deal with our sins. We all have them there is no escaping this reality. There is, as the scriptures say no one righteous no not one. God has already dealt with our sins by having His son to die for them. We must allow God to apply the salvation won on the cross to our lives so that we can actually walk in an intimate relationship with Him.

            Once God has searched us and we have allowed Him to fix our broken bodies and souls. We ask for Him to then lead us on the narrow and difficult road that leads to eternal life with Him. We can trust God to walk beside us to assist us when the way is steep and covered with rocks that are the temptations of the Devil, our own flesh and the world system.

            Yes, this prayer is dangerous. It invites God into our lives in a very personal way. However, this prayer is most dangerous to the Devil and his army. A Christian whose life is surrendered to God in this way will be fatal to the enemies plan to disrupt their lives. Let us pray that God will be with us.

 

 

Prayer:

            Holy God, we ask you to examine us and show us where we are failing to be the humans you with for us to be. Lead us toward heaven and perfect us by your mighty Holy Spirit. Help us to be the kind of people that you want us to be. May we be open in heart, mind, and soul to your will for our lives. To you God may we be faithful servants of you and your world. Amen.

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