and know everything about me.PSALM 139:1 NLTI doubt if you could name more than a handful of persons—
if any—with whom you regularly share your innermost joys
and fears, failings and successes, or tell your every secret
thought. It’s just too risky to be that transparent with someone
unless you know them very well, trust them very much, or have
loved them for a very long time. You just don’t let people “in”
if you think they are going to shame you or abandon you.
It’s impressive how David initiates intimacy with God by
immediately asking Him to examine his innermost thoughts. He
lets God enter into the place where few of us are willing to
invite people to come in. David’s intimate invitation speaks
volumes of his personal relationship with God and begs the
question “How comfortable are you in your conversational
relationship with God?”
Rosalind Rinker (1906–2002), Asbury graduate, Inter-Varsity
staff member, and author of Prayer: Conversing With God,
believed that the more conversational your relationship with
God, the more “real” God would become to you. She described
her conversations with God as “a dialogue between two
persons who love each other.” 1
Those who exchange their innermost thoughts with each
other obviously know each other better than those who speak
less often, only occasionally, or intermittently. Thus friendly,
warm, and deep conversations provide “real” opportunities to
build intimacy.
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