Nothing hidden

And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account. – Hebrews 4.13

Do you remember way back to the very beginning of scripture? Do you remember the first thing Adam and Eve realised after they sinned? Since creation they had walked with God in the garden and there was no shame in the nakedness. But when they sinned they realised that they were naked before God and they were ashamed.

I think that is a clear picture of what Hebrews is talking about here. There is nothing that can be hidden from God. That means that God sees everything. He doesn’t miss anything.

While we know as believers that Christ has already paid the price for our sin, it is a terrible thought to remember that God sees all that we do. Beyond that He sees all that we say and He sees all that we think. It is all wide open before Him.

It is easy enough to hide our sin from the eyes of others. We know where to hide. We know how to change the channel. We know how to close the programme. We know all kinds of  ways to cover our transgressions.

But all these things are naked and open before God.

Can any of us say that there is nothing that we have said or done or thought in the last few days that we would not have done if we knew that it was open to God? The sad thing is that He saw it all.

Please Lord, remind of this powerful truth every time I am tempted to sin against you.