IN FULL VIEW

A man’s ways are in full view of the Lord, and he examines all his paths.  – Proverbs 5:21

This is a proverb that can either terrify or comfort.  Everything we do and think shows up on what amounts to God’s big screen TV.  The Lord sees all, knows all, observes all, and hears all!

This can terrify us if it means that what shows on the screen is something we don’t want God to see.  But it can comfort us if we realize that we are never alone.  It’s not so much that in God’s eyes we cannot get away with anything; it’s more that if God’s eye is on the sparrow, we know he cares for us.

Let’s think about living this day in that perspective – living and working and conversing under God’s watchful eye.  We remember with joy that we are never out of his sight.  God keeps his loving eye on us – always.  What comfort!  What inspiration – to make each moment count.  To live each moment with Almighty God always available to help, to guide, to give us the right words to say – even to find us when we’ve wandered and are lost.

“Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight,”  Hebrews 4:13 reminds us.  “Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.”

Live each day knowing that the God to whom we must give account is the One who enables us to give a good account.