Search Me, O God

October 16, 2015

Search Me, O God

Search me, O God, and know my heart;

    test me and know my anxious thoughts.

Point out anything in me that offends you,

    and lead me along the path of everlasting life.

Psalm 139:23-24

God loves you with an everlasting love!

God accepts you unconditionally, just as you are!

God embraces you with tenderness beyond your comprehension!

If you believed God’s love for you, if you accepted God’s acceptance of you, if you dared to reach out to “lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of (you)” (Philippians 3:12 KJV), how different might your life be?

Our God is multifaceted in His splendor. Most often, God’s attributes are identified as omniscience (infinite knowledge), omnipotence (unlimited power), and omnipresence (present everywhere). He is also omni-benevolence (perfect goodness). Jesus calls his followers to live as people of the highest integrity, the highest moral character, and to subscribe to his very own ethical standards. Because of the omni-benevolence of our God, we can enthusiastically embrace this calling to be the fully-devoted followers of Jesus.  Because God’s claim on our lives is undergirded by the truth that God loves us with an everlasting love, God accepts us unconditionally, just as we are, and God embraces us with tenderness beyond our comprehension, our hearts sing,

Oh, the glory of Your presence

We, Your temple, give You reverence

So arise to Your rest

And be blessed by our praise

As we glory in Your embrace

As Your presence now fills this place

O The Glory of His Presence

Karen Clark-Sheard

When we truly believe, accept and embrace the truth of God’s love for us, we will join the psalmist in an invitation to God, our Father,

Search me, O God, and know my heart;

    test me and know my anxious thoughts.

Point out anything in me that offends you,

    and lead me along the path of everlasting life.

Psalm 139:23-24

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com. The BLOG is also available on Amazon Kindle, by subscription.

Publications by Alex M. Knight:

·        Seeking the Life in Christ, Meditations on the New Testament and Psalms has been published and is now available at Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle.

·        The second edition of  First Think – Then Pray is available on Amazon Kindle.

·        Meditations on The Story of My Life as told by Jesus Christ has been released as an e-book on Amazon Kindle.

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188.