Sometimes it's Good to Know Someone's Watching Over Us

Scripture Verse that caught my attention today: Ezekiel 8:12 Then he said to me, “Mortal, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in his room of images? For they say, ‘The LORD does not see us, the LORD has forsaken the land.’”

Observation: Some of the elders were of the impression that they could keep some of their actions secret.

Application: These days there is a façade (sp?) of privacy. Don’t be fooled. There are a zillion cameras watching many of our moves—from drive-up windows to our most recent super-center shopping experience. And then there’s the Internet where everything we do has a time and date stamp and can be tied to an IP address. Make a credit or debit-card purchase and the authorities, if they have reason to track it, can quickly find that information and use it to narrow down their search in regard to our whereabouts. Should we wish to do something anonymously (whether for good or ill), well, it’s little more than a wish. Somebody else probably already knows.

But this is really nothing new. Christians believe that God has always been well aware of our whearabouts and what we’ve been up to. The question is, do we see this as a good thing or as something to fear?

We probably see it, most often, as the latter. But perhaps it would be better if we saw it as a good thing instead. Not only might it help keep us from doing some things we shouldn’t do (and help us do more that we should do), but it might also help us to simply lay our lives before Jesus exactly as they are and receive the grace that only God can give. Otherwise, when we think we’ve hidden ourselves from others, we may find that we’ve really only hidden from ourselves.

Prayer: Lord, thanks for watching us. Help us to see ourselves as you see us. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

(readings today included Ezekiel 8-11 and Revelation 4)