Verse of the Day 2/27

Verse of the Day 2/27

Psalm 139:23-24

New King James Version

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;

Try me, and know my anxieties;
24 And see if there is any wicked way in me,
And lead me in the way everlasting.

Today's verses came up in my daily reading in the Psalms. Many of us are familiar with them but that doesn't mean that we often ask the Lord to "search" our hearts.  It is actually a time of self searching, having God search and reveal to us what is in our hearts.  The key then is to purge those things from our lives.  That searching can and should make us uncorfortable.  

We often put off going to a doctor becaues we don't want to hear bad news that we may suspect is coming.  But without the examination we don't know for sure if there is anything that needs attention.

The philosopher Socrates said, "An unexamined life is not worth living." If a common philosopher could think that, how much more we Christians ought to listen to the Holy Spirit when He says, "Examine yourself." An unexamined Christian lies like an unattended garden. Let your garden go unattended for a few months, and you will not have roses and tomatoes but weeds. An unexamined Christian life is like an unkempt house. Lock your house up as tight as you will and leave it long enough, and when you come back you will not believe the dirt that got in from somewhere. An unexamined Christian is like an untaught child. A child that is not taught will be a little savage. It takes examination, teaching, instruction, discipline, caring, tending, weeding and cultivating to keep the life right. ( from: Rut, Rot or Revival: The Condition of the Church).

May we be able to sing this old hymn from our hearts.

1. Search me, O God, and know my heart today,
   Try me, O Savior, know my thoughts, I pray;
   See if there be some wicked way in me;
   Cleanse me from every sin, and set me free.
2. I praise Thee, Lord, for cleansing me from sin;
   Fulfill Thy word and make me pure within;
   Fill me with fire, where once I burned with shame;
   Grant my desire to magnify Thy name.
3. Lord, take my life, and make it wholly Thine;
   Fill my poor heart with Thy great love divine;
   Take all my will, my passion, self and pride;
   I now surrender, Lord, in me abide.
4. O Holy Ghost, revival comes from Thee;
   Send a revival, start the work in me;
   Thy Word declares Thou wilt supply our need;
   For blessings now, O Lord, I humbly plead.

Blessings,

Mike

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Psalm 139:17-24

New King James Version

17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How great is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand;
When I awake, I am still with You.

19 Oh, that You would slay the wicked, O God!
Depart from me, therefore, you [a]bloodthirsty men.
20 For they speak against You wickedly;
[b]Your enemies take Your name in vain.
21 Do I not hate them, O Lord, who hate You?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
22 I hate them with 

perfect hatred;

I count them my enemies.

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me, and know my anxieties;
24 And see if there is any wicked way in me,
And lead me in the way everlasting.

Ephesians 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace.  NIV