God will lead you out of sin

“Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” (Psalms 139:23-24 NIV)

Someone has said, “There are three types of people: 1) Those who make things happen, 2) Those who watch things happen, and 3) Those who stand around and say, ‘What happened?’” I have often found myself in the third category because I didn’t anticipate a problem coming until it suddenly happened. This week, for instance, one of the faucets on the outside of my house was dripping water onto the ground, and no matter how hard I tried to turn off the spigot, it continued to leak profusely. It was beyond my skill level to repair, so I called my son, John, who had previously fixed pipes for me that had frozen and broken during a cold snap. As soon as he looked into it, he found that it had been leaking back into the wall for a while, doing damage. So, he replaced the bad facet, wet insulation, and repaired everything.

This incident reminded me of sin, which often lurks unseen deep within our minds or hearts. The psalmist in the passage at the top recognizes this problem and asks God to “search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” When you seek God this way, He brings help to you where needed, often bringing the perfect Scriptures with solutions to your remembrance.  

Therefore

“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,” (2 Tim. 3:16)

“For You have been my help, And in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy.” (Psalm 63:7)