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This completes our journey through Psalm 139. Click here to read earlier reflections. Examine me, O God, and probe my thoughts. Test me, and know my concerns. See if there is any idolatrous way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way. Psalm 139:23-24 Scripture agrees with scripture throughout the canon. Proverbs 16:9 says, In his heart man plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps. Psalm 107:3 reminds us that the Lord always leads in a right way. His leading comes crooked sometimes, as the Israelites understood, and the wisdom writer of Ecclesiastes reminds. Consider what God has done: Who can straighten what he has made crooked? 7:13, NIV The Lord leads, if we will let Him. And His way is the… Read More