I was prompted to read psalm 139 this morning. It is filled with incredible things about God. He knows us, it was he who formed us, no matter where we run to hide from him, he is already there. In our grown up hide-and-seek we isolate ourselves and he says “peek-a- boo, I see you!”
There are all of these wonderful things about God and our relationship to him and with him and then David goes on a rant about wicked people.
“If only you, God, would slay the wicked!
Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!
They speak of you with evil intent;
your adversaries misuse your name.
Do I not hate those who hate you, LORD,
and abhor those who are in rebellion against you?
I have nothing but hatred for them;
I count them my enemies.”
And then David stops and asks God to take inventory of his heart.
“Search me, 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.”
It seems to me that David realizes his own weaknesses. He realizes maybe that ere’ the grace of God go I. And now he wants an outsider to check him, a peer review or an editor to come and read him and show him his errors, look for his spiritual bad grammar and spelling mistakes.
God said to me this morning that I can be like that guy Jesus talked about, the one who looked over at a tax collector and said, God, aren’t you glad that I am not him? (Luke 18) If I have a few minutes strung together where not I am not a total basket case I can tend to be proud, and instead of asking God to show me where I still have errors and sin, I say in a smug prayer, all good here Lord, aren’t you glad that I am on your team?
This morning God, search me God and know my heart, test me, check me to see if there is any offensive way in me and lead me in your way, the way everlasting.
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