Lent- Search Me

Search me

This term is often used when asking spies to get info on land or enemies. I am not a specialist, but I am assuming that a spy would try to get as much detailed of information as possible so that the right plan of action could be made for the attackers. My guess is that as a spy nothing is insignificant.

The Hebrew word for "search" can also be translated as follows:

1. taste - it is used in the context of wine tasting. This art has a lot to do with identifying subtle flavors.

2. see through- search is translated this way in Proverbs on a few occasions, and what it means in its context is to see past the outer mask and self-deception.

3. probe - to take an honest look at oneself

4. ponder- this translation appears quite often in Job. It has to do with listening very carefully to another person's arguments.

5. make search- Ezekiel 39:14 "...special crews will be appointed to search the land for any skeletons and to bury them, so the land will be made clean again."

6. investigate a case (used in Job)

7. ascertain- to be counted and known.

When David is asking God to search him, he is not asking for a quick run through to see if anything pops up. Rather, David is asking for a deep and thorough search; a turning on of lights in the entire house so that there are no shadows; a going through of the search machines at the airport that take nude pictures of you; a tasting of every flavor of you. When God searches like this, nothing is hidden. It is all out on the table. Or when thinking about the women caught in adultery, all of her and who she is, is naked out in the streets waiting to be condemned.

The season of Lent is a set time of year when I can say, "Here I am. Search me." And to be honest, it makes me nervous.
Thankfully, Lent ushers in Easter, and Easter makes the ending of the story of the adulterous woman possible:

"Then Jesus stood up again and said to her, 'Where are your accusers? Didn't even one of them condemn you?' 'No, Lord,' she said. And Jesus said, 'Neither do I. Go and sin no more.'"