No hiding

 

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

 

Because the word of God is that mighty sharp sword there is no way to hide from its power. We may think that we are hiding things from God and He really doesn’t see our actions and words and attitudes and internal responses. We can carry on that way for ages until it becomes our life.

 

But God doesn’t miss anything. It is all open and obvious to Him. Psalm 139 reminds us that there is no place where we can run from God. We may think we have all of the thoughts and intents of the heart hidden away but God sees it all. We knows our hearts and our feelings and our words even before we speak them.

 

He also goes wherever we go. He sees whatever we see. He knows our attitudes and our response and the inner lusts and desires and the mean spiritedness that we can keep hidden from the world. All things are naked and open before Him. All of our dirty little secrets are seen and known by our God.

 

A man who hated his brother is a murderer. A man who lusts after an woman in his heart is an adulterer.

 

Let’s be sure that we strive to live lives open to God’s scrutiny.