Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart;
Test me and know my anxious thoughts;
And see if there is any wicked or hurtful way in me,
And lead me in the everlasting way.—Psalm 139:23-24 Amplified
Psalm 139 is all about God’s omniscience and omnipresence in our life as believers.
His Omniscience describes his complete knowledge and understanding of all things at all times. His omnipresence describes his presence in all places at all times. These attributes of God for me are among the most comforting. My God knows everything about me (He knows me better than I know myself) and still loves me, and there is never a moment where I am not visible to Him. He “sees” me When sin tempts His presence keeps me from wrong paths. When fear takes hold, His Presence provides protection and comfort. Whatever I face here in this vale of tears I can be certain that my all knowing, unchanging and everywhere present God will uphold and sustain me.
David, here in these last two verses gives God free access to His heart. Why? Because He never wants the fellowship He enjoys with God to be interrupted or broken by sin. His desire is for God to reveal to him his sin. He does not want to walk in any wicked way. I feel the same. I want to share every moment of every day with my Beloved in precious and unbroken fellowship.
Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart;
Test me and know my anxious thoughts;
And see if there is any wicked or hurtful way in me,
And lead me in the everlasting way.
Oh Father! I do not want to walk according to the dictates of my own heart but in the promptings and gentle voice of Your gracious Spirit who lives within me. I want to lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily ensnares me so that I can run with endurance the race that is before me. Help me to keep my eyes on my Jesus who is the Author and Finisher of my faith..who for the joy that was set before Him ( our salvation) endured the cross, despising the shame.
I want the peaceable fruit of righteousness in my life. Search my heart thoroughly and show me my sin. Strengthen my hands which hang down and my feeble knees. Make straight paths for my feet so that what is lame may not be dislocated but healed. Let no root of bitterness spring up in my heart and cause trouble. Lead me in Your right and everlasting way. Keep me in Your affectionate care, protect me as the apple of Your eye and hide me in the shadow of Your wings.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.—1 John 1:9
1 O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
2 You know my sitting down and my rising up;
You understand my thought afar off.
3 You comprehend my path and my lying down,
And are acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word on my tongue,
But behold, O LORD, You know it altogether.
5 You have hedged me behind and before,
And laid Your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is high, I cannot attain it.
7 Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
8 If I ascend into heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.
9 If I take the wings of the morning,
And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 Even there Your hand shall lead me,
And Your right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, "Surely the darkness shall fall on me,"
Even the night shall be light about me;
12 Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You,
But the night shines as the day;
The darkness and the light are both alike to You.
13 For You formed my inward parts;
You covered me in my mother's womb.
14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Marvelous are Your works,
And that my soul knows very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.
17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How great is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand;
When I awake, I am still with You.
19 Oh, that You would slay the wicked, O God!
Depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty men.
20 For they speak against You wickedly;
Your enemies take Your name in vain.
21 Do I not hate them, O LORD, who hate You?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
22 I hate them with perfect hatred;
I count them my enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me, and know my anxieties;
24 And see if there is any wicked way in me,
And lead me in the way everlasting.—Psalm 139
