Surgery is something that we typically wouldn't look forward to. But surgery that looks to find a problem and eliminate it--otherwise known as exploratory surgery--it often beneficial and can even save our lives.
David closes Psalm 139 with these words: Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting (v. 23-24). What David was asking his Heavenly Father to do was perform exploratory surgery. He prayed that God would search him for sin and point it out, even to the level of testing his thoughts. Like a life-threatening disease, he wanted God to remove it and restore his spiritual health. Continuing on in God's "everlasting way" was far more desirable that wallowing in the sickness of sin.
David's complete confidence in the Lord was based on his acknowledging that God knew everything about him--his thoughts, his actions, his ways, his words (v.1-4)--and still loved him unconditionally. Just like David, God knows every single thing about us; down to the number of hairs on our heads (Matthew 10:30). Knowing that God is this intimately familiar with us should give us every confidence that He is with us and will sustain us through anything we face.
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