“See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the everlasting way.” (v. 24)

I have no problem being perfectly honest here:

The idea that God knows me—knows my thoughts and my words and my heart—terrifies me. Think about it: Holy God, who is the righteous Judge, clearly observes all the things you thought were obscured by your interior life. He sees and He knows in, and He sees and He knows every wrong way you have turned.

How in the world could that be good news?

Psalm 139 gives us an answer:

Since we cannot hide from Him…

Since He is everywhere wherever we might go…

Since He knows us inside and out and on into the future…

…we can trust Him to lead us, by His grace, with His Spirit.

He reveals to us all our waywardness, and He points to His way. We experience conviction, but conviction is really direction! We don’t have to stay in the place of fear—even regarding our interior lives—because He shows us what is right.

I would rather have Him search me and know me and show me—I would rather know how to run from the offensive way—if it means I can be led in the everlasting way.

— Tyler