*Text: Psa. 139: 23-24*
“Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting”
There are many things we like to keep away from people, either because we are ashamed of them or because of trust issues. Many of us keep long list of things we do to keep people from knowing the real us. So many have perfected the art of living a lie, you think you know all there is to know about them, but really you don’t know them at all and that is really scary.
All over the world today for reasons of personal insecurity or just for reasons of “image management”, people are becoming increasingly secretive and adopt very serious measures to protect what they regard as their private life and that is why Psalm 139 is very haunting, the entire Psalm is a reminder that you can fool everyone else, you can’t fool God. It could be terrifying news to some that there is no way they can hide from God and there is nothing about their life that they can hide from God. More so when they realize that God does not need their permission to x-ray their life and unearth the secrets that they have successfully kept away from everyone else for years. The right reaction however will be to become open with God having realized that it is impossible or useless to hide any secrets from Him.
There is however a good side to all of this which is that since God has capacity to know all there is to know about us, then we should learn to pray Psalm 139: 23-24 more often, that way with God’s help we are able to rid ourselves of bad habits, and every ungodly traits in our lives thereby maintaining a clean conscience before God.
Bad habits and ungodly traits are weights that do a lot of damage to the soul if not addressed quickly. These are weights that will turn the favor and the help of God away from our lives, they are weights that will make us enemies of God and rather than walk under the open heaven of God’s blessing, we walk as candidates of God’s wrath. Personal engagement of Psalm 139: 23-24 however will move God to look upon us with favor and to rid us of everything that makes us unworthy to walk with Him, thereby making us candidates of His favor and blessings.
Furthermore, praying Psalm 139: 23-24 regularly, will rid our lives of any hidden acts of wickedness that that is rooted in our lives thereby making us worthy candidates of eternal life.
Despite the highlighted benefits of this prayer however, a lot of people will shy away from praying it because they are afraid of what God will unearth in their lives if He decides to answer the prayer. Many are very comfortable in their ungodly lifestyle and so are not ready to subject themselves to God’s surgical procedure that will disconnect them from such lifestyle, such people will ultimately discover that they did not act wisely and we can only hope for their sakes that they do not realize this truth at a time when it will be too late for them to do anything worthwhile about it.
Do you want to be free from the burden of guilt that you have been carrying around all these years? Do you desire to be sanctified and to live a lifestyle of holiness? Then Psalm 139: 23-24 is for you. That is the daily prayer you need to guarantee the desired results in your life. Shalom.
Prayer Points
1. Father I praise you because you are the all-knowing God, nothing is hidden from you and no one can successfully hide from you
2. Father my life is an open book before you help me Lord to willingly submit myself daily to you for examination and appropriate correction in Jesus name
3. Father please examine me daily and expose every hidden faults within me, help me to take necessary steps to overcome them in Jesus name
4. Father please rid my life of every wicked way and wicked acts, make me life perfectly fit for your kingdom in Jesus name
5. Father may I be totally free from every burden of guilt, may I consistently be holy before you in Jesus name.
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