ALL SEEING EYES
"The eyes of
Jehovah are in every place, keeping watch upon the evil and the good" Prov. 15:3
Let us never forget this, or fail to derive from the fact
its comfort and its saving strength. The word employed describes a very active
and purposeful seeing. The statement is far more than that God sees; it is that
He is investigating, observing, or, in the most satisfactory rendering of the
Revised, "keeping
watch." He is keeping watch upon the evil. It is never out of
His sight. It loves the darkness rather than the light, but He sees as well in
the darkness as in the light. The endeavor of evil is to accomplish its purpose
secretly, before it can be discovered at its work. It is often successful, so
far as men are concerned. It is never so, so far as God is concerned. He keeps
watch; knows the hour, the place, the method, and the intention. He is keeping
watch upon the good. He never fails to see it. Men often do. It struggles
behind appearances, and often behind actions which are denials of it. Human
eyes fail to detect it. Not so the eyes of Jehovah. They discern it, approve
it, and reckon with it. The comfort of this truth is created by the character
of God. He is the God of unsullied purity; His watching of evil is always with
the intention of limiting it, and ultimately destroying it. He is the God of
unfathomable grace; His watching of good is in order to develop it, and make it
finally victorious. To remember this truth is to be halted whenever we are
tempted to evil. It is to find new courage in all our efforts after the high
and noble. He is never deceived as to our badness or our goodness. Therefore to
live in His fear is wisdom.
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