Good morning,
This devotion will either be a blessing or warning. A blessing if we are being obedient to God and a warning if we are not. God sees all we do 24/7.
As if we saw two shining eyes looking on us out of the darkness!
(Thomas Guthrie, 1803-1873)
“Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to Heaven–You are there. If I make my bed in the depths–behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the dawn, if I dwell in the remotest part of the sea–even there Your hand will lead me, and Your right hand will lay hold of me. Even the darkness is not dark to You, and the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to You!” Psalm 139:7-12
We cannot shake off the presence of God! When our doors are shut, and curtains drawn, and all is still, and darkest night fills our chamber, and we are left alone to the companionship of our thoughts–it might keep them pure and holy to say, as if we saw two shining eyes looking on us out of the darkness, “You, O God, see me!”
The world called that man mad, who imagined that he saw God’s eye looking on him . . .
out of every star of the sky,
and every flower of the earth,
and every leaf of the forest,
from the ground which he trod upon,
from the walls of his lonely chamber,
and out of the gloomy depths of night!
Mad! It was a blessed and holy imagination!
May God help you to feel yourselves at all times in His presence!
“Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account!” Hebrews 4:13
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When we sin, God sees. If we could grasp the totality of what that means, there would be less sin being performed by believers in Christ.
Reread this devotional again and meditate on its message.
Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001
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