Search Me

Psalm 139: 23-24 says: "Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." Oh how that verse stirs something inside of me. To invite my Father to look into my human heart and to search it for anything offensive! And to even fathom the thought that anything He shows me as offensive is His way of convicting me to confess so that I may truly have a pure and loving heart. Even as I write this, I am overcome with a sense of love. Of someone saying "Here let me look, let me heal, just let me restore." Almost like any parent would tell a child after the child has been hurt or has a "boo boo". "Here let me make it better." Can you hear it? Can you feel that? Oh the things we can hide from others. The brokenness, the hurt, the pain that seems to just grow. And here within these two verses, our Lord, our Abba, wants to see us for how we are, who we really are, and still show us how much He loves us that He will take it all away! If that wasn't good news to everyone, I wouldn't know what would be. maybe this is why in Proverbs 4:23 it tells us to "Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life." If once our heart has been cleaned of all offensive things, why would we not guard our heart? Cause once the heart is clean, we will have not only a pure heart in the eyes of Lord, but we would be able to see His Spirit flowing through us. What a ministry that would be to the broken-hearted people we come across in our lives. Are you with me? Are you ready to be searched? I know I am!