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The human heart is a complex and mysterious thing. Even we ourselves do not fully know the depths of our own hearts and minds. As the Bible says, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" (Jeremiah 17:9).

The psalmist David recognized this reality and cried out to God, "Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting" (Psalm 139:23-24). David understood that only God, through the power of His Holy Spirit, has the ability to thoroughly search and know the human heart.

The importance of allowing God to search our hearts cannot be overstated. Wickedness and sin can lie hidden within us, undetected, until it eventually manifests itself outwardly. The Bible warns, "But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death" (James 1:14-15).

Without the Spirit of God shining His light into the darkest corners of our hearts, we remain vulnerable to the deception of our own sinful nature. As Jeremiah 17:9 states, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked." Only God can truly know the heart and expose any hidden wickedness that resides within.

When we humbly submit to God's searching of our hearts, He is then able to lead us in "the way everlasting" (Psalm 139:24). This is the path of righteousness, the narrow way that leads to life (Matthew 7:14). By allowing the Holy Spirit to convict us of sin and guide us in God's ways, we can avoid the wicked paths that lead to destruction.

The Apostle Paul exhorts us, "Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?" (2 Corinthians 13:5). This self-examination must be done under the light of God's Spirit, who alone can truly reveal the condition of our hearts.

In conclusion, the psalmist's prayer in Psalm 139:23-24 is one we would all do well to make our own. Let us humbly invite God to search our hearts, expose any wickedness within, and lead us in the way everlasting. For only by allowing the Spirit of God to fully know our hearts can we be delivered from the deception of our own sinful nature and walk faithfully with the Lord.

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