Psalm 139 starts out in
verse 1, “O Lord, you have searched me and you know me.”
Like I wrote last week
(http://www.davewernli.com/2014/06/what-god-puts-effort-into.html),
God puts effort into knowing you. And we are supposed to emulate
what we see Jesus doing, right? Jesus did what He saw the Father
doing (John 5:19 and many other places). We should do what we see
Jesus doing.
When's the last time
you've put effort into searching and knowing your own heart? When's
the last time you've put effort into searching and knowing yourself?
Or are we too caught up in the rat race, in the daily grind, to pay
attention to the things in your heart that are longing to be
expressed?
Try this. Set some time
aside, a block of several hours – which you'll have to protect
because the world will try to steal it – and get away alone
somewhere with the Lord. Totally unplugged. No TV. No laptop.
Cell phone off, not just on vibrate, so nothing can distract you.
I'm talking off-the-grid for several hours.
In this precious time,
just you and Jesus, dialog with the Lord about your own heart. What
makes you passionate? What lights your fire? What floats your boat?
What subject, when you overhear people at work talking about it,
gives you goose bumps? What excites you?
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