We Can't Hide From God

As a young child growing up, I was taught that it was wrong to take things that didn't belong to me, but from time to time, I still pushed the limits and didn't listen to my parents.  One day I was in a convenience store and just couldn't resist picking up some bubble gum and candy and I tried to put it in my pants.   I looked around and didn't see anyone watching.  I stuffed my pockets and prepared to make a clean getaway.  Then I felt a hand on my shoulder as the store clerk had caught me red-handed.  Only then did it hit home about taking things that didn't belong to me as I was terrified of what the clerk would do.  Surely I thought that I was going to be put in jail (I was only around 8 years old).  My mother was called and I knew what that meant....a belt to my behind.  Needless to say, I was scared straight for awhile.

"For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings"

Proverbs 5:21

Many times we are tempted to go against God's word.  We commit sin and then we think nobody knows about it.  We make it a habit to keep doing things that we know are wrong, not having that reverential fear of the LORD that He's watching everything that we do.  Maybe we can get away with hiding our wickedness from our neighbors, family and friends but nothing is hidden from the all-seeing eyes of God.  Sooner or later the LORD repays for unrepentant sins.  It's only a matter of time.  You only need to turn on your television or read your newspapers to see that prominent (and not so prominent) people are brought down in scandals all the time.  They weep and confess how sorry they are.  Sometimes their lives and their families are never the same.

"The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good"

Proverbs 15:3

We mock God when we commit sin against Him and when we are more concerned about someone else seeing us and getting caught red-handed, but never stop to consider that the eyes of the LORD are upon us at all times.  When we sin against God, it comes with a price.  Some people go to their grave having never repented of the sin that they thought nobody knew, and sadly they end up lost and in hell.


I've often heard the term, "the perfect crime" where the perpetrator plans and carries out a crime that they're never held responsible for.  What they tend to forget is though they may fool man, they can never fool God.  Every deed done (whether good or bad) in the body is  brought into judgement.  Sin does have a penalty.  

If you are committing sin realize that you will stand before the judgement seat one day.  You will be judged for all the things you have done in your lifetime.  Confess your sins and ask the LORD to forgive you.  Become Godly sorrowful and ask the LORD to come into your heart and cleanse you from all unrighteousness.  The LORD is gracious and merciful to all those who comes to Him in true repentance.   Don't let the sins you commit that you think nobody sees cause you to end up being cast into a burning lake of fire.  Repent! 

We Are Known By God

Psalm 139 has always been one of my favorite passages in the Bible.  It tells me God knew our beginning, and He knows our ending.  When I am tempted to get down on myself for the things that I do or say sometimes, I'm reminded that God already knows.  When I start to feel that my life holds no worth, I'm reminded of all the wonderful thoughts God has of me.  The LORD is with me when I wake up and when I lie down.  He already knew the number of my days before I was even born.  There is no hiding from Him because God is everywhere.  


I pray that when you read this Psalm 139 that you are blessed to know how much God truly loves and cares for you.  If you're ever down or feel depressed in any way turn to this Psalm and read of the extraordinary love that God has for all of us.  Neither of us are a mistake.  God knew exactly what He was doing when He formed us from the foundation of the world.

PSALMS 139

O LORD, you have examined my heart and know everything about me.  You know when I sit down or stand up.  You know my thoughts even when I'm far away.  You see me when I travel and when I rest at home.  You know everything I do.  You know what I'm going to say even before I say it, LORD.  You go before me and follow me.  You place your hand of blessing on my head.  Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand!  I can never escape from your Spirit!  I can never get away from your presence!  If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the grave, you are there.  If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans, even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me.  I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night---but even in darkness I cannot hide from you.  To you the night shines as bright as the day.  Darkness and light are the same to you.

You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb.  Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!  Your workmanship is marvelous---how well I know it.  You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.  You saw me before I was born.  Every day of my life was recorded in your book.  Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.  How precious are your thoughts about me, O God.  They cannot be numbered!  I can't even count them;  they outnumber the grains of sand!  And when I wake up, you are still with me!  

O God, if only you would destroy the wicked!  Get out of my life, you murderers!  They blaspheme you; your enemies misuse your name.  O LORD, shouldn't I hate those who hate you?  Shouldn't I despise those who oppose you?  Yes, I hate them with total hatred, for your enemies are my enemies.  Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.  Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.