‘The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.’
Can you imagine that the Lord of the universe is watching everything that you do? You cannot go in the physical darkness of night or in a closed area without your actions being watched by him. There is no place on earth or in the heavens of which you are not exposed to the perceiving eyes of God. Even if you retreat to the deepest recesses of your heart, God is even looking at that for he knows your thoughts and the intentions of your heart.
Not only does God see and know, he will judge everyone for all their conduct! Friend, when you go to do your sins, know that God is watching you; when you devise schemes in your heart how will you will do this or that you must know that God is watching your heart; when you greedily and wrongfully desire things in your mind, know that God is watching your mind. God is everywhere and everywhere you think and intend and do, God is watching you. And as he watches he is keeping a record of all that you do against him, that which we call sin and disobedience towards God. Do your thoughts coincide with his will; he will judge you for them. You must know that when you die God will judge you for all that you have said and thought and intended but never did: nothing will be hidden but all will be exposed before him. When he rightly asks you, ‘Why did you not obey me, but instead do whatever your own heart desired?’ what will your response be, friend?
But for the Christian, the terror of God’s awful and accounting gaze is turned into something new altogether. Christians, those who do the will of God and strive to walk in obedience to his desires, are God’s children; being a good father God is very eager to com to their aid, to help them, to teach them, to discipline them so that they may love him better. The Christian knows that God is watching everything and nothing done against them by others will not eventually go unpunished. The Christian, and only the Christian, and live life in ease for he knows that God, his father who loves him deeply, is jealous to keep him protected and is watching him at all times.
Do you live in the fear or comfort of God’s gaze? Why are you so sure that you are God’s child? Do you know that your life is wicked right down to your very thoughts and intentions? Do you know that your life on earth and the hope of eternal life is hopeless apart from the completed work of Jesus Christ? Do you know that Jesus Christ was not raised from the dead his death would be worthless? Friend, God is watching, are you worshipping him or worshipping something else? He will one day bring up all your thoughts and actions and call you to account for the, Will you be able to say in truth, ‘But I have trusted in Christ, he has paid for all these wrongs’?
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