Thursday, April 7, 2011

+DEV+ The Great Heart-Searcher

Date: April 7, 2011 2:08 AM
Topic: +DEV+ The Great Heart-Searcher

The Great Heart-Searcher

"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" (Psalm 139:23-24).
Scripture Focus: Psalm 139

Prayer is a way for us to really know ourselves. We have a congenital blindness about our own hearts, so there is great danger that we'll be hypocrites and not know it. The Pharisees were totally convinced that they were righteous, but Jesus told them they were like tombs, white on the outside, dead on the inside.

The answer is to come into the light and ask the Lord to show us ourselves. Jesus said people avoid the light because their deeds are evil. But His death on the cross removes our defensiveness. There's no fear in having Him search our hearts because we know He loves us. He may cut us to the quick, but He'll cleanse our conscience with His forgiveness and transform us with His Spirit.

Coming into the light to have our hearts searched for sin is a very underrated privilege of being a child of God, yet it's one David treasured. Psalm 139 is his song of praise to God for knowing him inside and out and for creating integrity in his heart.

Insight: "Surely you desire truth in the inner parts; you teach me wisdom in the inmost place" (Psalm 51:6).

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