Psalms 139:1, 23-24 CSB
[1]
Lord,
you have searched me and known me.
...
[23]
Search me,
God,
and know my heart;
test me and know my concerns.
[24]
See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the everlasting way.
Psalms 139:1, 23-24 CSB
David starts this song with being known, that God has searched his heart, and then ends his song asking God to keep on with this searching.
Knowing and being known is not a "once and done" process.
It's an ongoing living thing just as it is between us - the person who I was 10 years ago is not the same person I am today - "searching" would find some things the same, and some quite different.
Perhaps David is wanting to be known by God afresh, in the here and now, perhaps in the searching by God, something good happens in him and to him, a shift, a change in direction...
Am I prepared to pray David's prayer today, sing his song today?
"Search me,
God,
and know my heart;
test me and know my concerns.
See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the everlasting way."
Amen
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