Some of the world’s most dangerous jobs require unbelievable courage. Think about the people who scale 80-story buildings on steel beams the width of a shoebox. Or the loggers who work on slick hillsides with massive machinery and zero margin for error. Or the commercial fishermen in pitch-black conditions. Or the technicians who calmly walk up to an active explosive device and say, “Well… let’s see if we can keep this thing from blowing us all up.” These jobs make most of us say, “Nope. Hard pass. I’ll stay in my air-conditioned office, thank you.” But there’s another job that’s just as risky only this one doesn’t happen on a construction site or in the ocean. It happens in your soul. That job is praying the words of Psalm 139:23–24:
“Search me, O God… test me… reveal what’s in me… and lead me.” Because inviting God to search your heart is the spiritual equivalent of stepping into a dangerous work zone: • It takes honesty. • It takes courage. • It takes the willingness to fac...