I wonder what would happen if we embraced God as He is, El Roi (the God who sees)? God sees everything you’re doing at this very moment.
We love to consider that God sees us when where struggling and need Him to intervene. It brings us comfort knowing that God knows all the details of our struggle, problems and circumstances. We believe and hope that He’s getting ready to deliver us.
But how often do we consider that He’s watching us, not just when we struggle, but also when we sin? He sees us in private corridors of our homes, when no one else is able to see us. Not only does He see what we do, but He also sees what we think. God knows when we make those plans and those phone calls. He knows all the efforts we’ve taken to do whatever it is that we’ve planned on doing. Her knows our very thoughts, even before we think them.
He’s knows all of this. Do we believe that He’s going to respond to our sin and rebellion just as intentionally as He’s going to respond to our struggle? Do we expect Him to see us in the lowest of our circumstances, but not see us in the lowest of our sin? Do you expect God to keep delivering us from trouble, but not deliver us from our sin?
Would you change where you plan on sleeping tonight?
Would it change what you’ve been watching on television?
Would it change the content of the conversations you’ve been having with others?
Would it charge how you’re looking at or the thoughts you’ve having about her/him?
Would it change the recreational plans you have for later on?
Would it cause you to go back to the closet and pick out a different outfit?
Would it make spend your Sunday differently?
Would it cause you to be more focused and intentional when you assemble to worship today?
What would you do differently knowing that God is watching your every move and monitoring your every thought?
Lord, deliver us from evil, from without and within.
Amen
*Tressa Jo
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