Search Me...Know Me...

As a leader, there are many times that I find myself stepping into uncertainty. This causes me great anxiety knowing that I could be wrong. Wrong in direction…wrong in attitude…etc. Either way…I could be wrong! I have found some peace in praying through the last lines of Psalm 139:


Search me, Oh God & know my heart;
I love how this whole Psalm leads up to this line. David talks in great detail of how God knows every aspect of us…even before creation.

Test me & know my anxious thoughts.
David recognizes his own anxiety…we don’t know what his were, but we know ours well. God does too.

See if there is any offensive way in me,
The heart in this line is to do nothing offensive to God, but to lead strong with full conviction.

And lead me in the way everlasting.
Concluding this prayer with humility & submission…recognizing that we need God’s help in living our lives for Him.


This prayer gives me comfort in doubt & anxiety knowing that He is searching me…knowing me…testing me…leading me! I need that assurance…