It always shocks me when prominent Christians are found to be doing something that is immoral or illegal. It's not that they committed a sin. We all miss the mark from time to time. What shocks me is that they proclaim the greatness of God, and then they have acted as if they don't really believe in the God that they proclaim. Why do I say this? Let's consider our Proverb for today. Proverbs 15:3 states, "The eyes of the Lord are everywhere keeping watch on the wicked and the good." This verse teaches what is known in theology as the omniscience and omnipresence of the Lord. This means that God is everywhere and knows everything.
People that commit thought out and planned out sins have to at some basic level not believe that God sees everything and knows what is in their heart. God sees when people are doing what is wrong, and He sees when people are doing what is good. People that are doing what is wrong are not getting away with anything ultimately even though no person finds out about what they did in this life. God sees. Because God sees, He will ultimately bring about justice. It should be a great motivator to us all to live lives of holiness when we realize that God sees and knows all.
Now, on the other hand, God sees the great good that many people are doing that is completely unheralded. One theologian I've read has said that there are many saints who are known only to God. God sees the good things that we do that we don't do for our own glory. When we stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ one day, we will be rewarded for the things that we have done in this life for the Lord Jesus.
Let us all live our lives knowing that God is watching. We want Him to see us doing what is good and not what is wrong.
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