O Lord, thou hast searched me and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising. Thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. Psalm 139:1-3.
If we asked God to search our heart, what would he see? If we asked God to lead us into the way everlasting, would we be ready to go? God knows us better than we know ourselves.
O Lord, you have searched me and known me. Psalm 139:1.
David recognized the omniscience of God. God knew his every action before he performed it. God knew every thought before he thought it. David could not hide from God. In looking at how God had protected and chosen him, David found that it was beyond his capacity to understand all the magnificent deeds the Lord had done. Psalm 139: 5-6. David also knew there was no place distant enough, no hiding place small enough, no darkness deep enough to conceal himself from God.
Where can I go from spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If i ascend into Heaven, you are there, if I make my bed in Hell, behold, you are there. If I say surely the darkness shall fall on me, even the night shall be light about me. Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from you. Verses 7, 8, 11, 12. The real David could not hide from God. Even before David was born God knew him in the womb and saw his potential and the life that awaited him. Verses 13-16.
Search me, O God, and know my heart. And lead me in the way everlasting. David begins and ends this psalm with a plea for God to search him or look into his heart and see what he is really like, and then lead him into the way of everlasting life. We need to be open to God’s searching eye. If we asked God to search our heart, what would He see? If we asked God to lead us into the way everlasting, would we be ready to go? He searches the heart.
Jesus said, “And all the churches should know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.” Rev. 2:23. Jesus did not die at Calvary for our comfort. There is no crown without the cross. There is no blessing without the burden. There is no conquest without conflict.
The Bible tells us to fight the good fight of faith. Take a stand for the Lord. There are burdens to carry and giants to whip. Put your hand to the plow without looking back. Quit whining about your comfort. We are at war with Satan and his armies. When God searches your heart, will He find a worthy workman? Will you have accomplished the things that He had envisioned for you to do and be? Let every thing that has breath praise the Lord. No breath, no life. Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy. May the miracle of mercy explode in our souls. You cannot live wrong and die right.
