1 O LORD, you have searched me
and you know me.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
4 Before a word is on my tongue
you know it completely, O LORD.
5 You hem me in—behind and before;
you have laid your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.
7 Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.
11 If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,"
12 even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.
13 For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
16 your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand.
When I awake,
I am still with you.
19 If only you would slay the wicked, O God!
Away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
20 They speak of you with evil intent;
your adversaries misuse your name.
21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD,
and abhor those who rise up against you?
22 I have nothing but hatred for them;
I count them my enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.
How often have you asked God to do this for you? Most people live in a state of denial because they don't want to have to deal with the things they are struggling with. But when we read that beautiful Psalm of David, we are reminded that God already KNOWS everything we are struggling with. He made us and He knows how we think, what we feel & EVERYTHING we are struggling with! You can't hide anything from God, and since He is the One who will bring you through your struggles, why would you even want to?
The greatest gift you can give to yourself is to trust COMPLETELY in Him. Read His Word & allow it to change you. Hebrews 4: 12 teaches us how powerful the word of God is.
"For the Word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart."
We need the Word to help us correct ourselves. Instead of placing blame on another, or attacking another, ask God to show you what part YOU play in things, or what YOU can change and then let the Word of God convict you & bring about that glorious change. God gave us His Word so that we will know what He expects of us & so that we will know how much He loves us. If we don't know what it says, we don't know what He says. Likewise, if we don't ask God to search our hearts, allowing Him to bring to the forefront of our minds the things we need to change, we will continue to live our life in bondage, void of all the great & wonderful blessings He has stored up for us!
God bless you as you allow Him to search your heart!
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