The All Seeing Eye

"For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that he may strongly support those whose heart is completely his. You have acted foolishly in this. Indeed, from now on you will surely have wars" (2 Chronicles 16:9).

 These words were spoken to Asa, King of Judah after he had foolishly trusted in the King of Syria to protect him from King Baasha of Israel rather than trust in the Lord to protect Judah from their enemy as he had previously done for them (2 Chron. 16:1-9). We should be deeply impressed with the truth that the prophet Hanani spoke when he told King Asa that "the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth". Listen to the writer of Hebrews as he tells us: "And there is no creature hidden from his sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of him with whom we have to do" (Heb. 4:13). If this great truth from God's word does not make us sit up and take notice, then we do indeed have a cold, cold heart of stone. You cannot hide from God (Psalms 139:1-12).  We may be able to deceive each other but we will never be able to deceive God.

 Take notice from this passage that the Lord is looking for those who have given their heart completely to him (Proverbs 23:26). No doubt all of us have in days gone by played the childhood game of hide and seek. While someone counts to a set number, all others seek to find a hiding place and then at just the right moment run to home base and shout "home free" Tragically, many are the people who are foolishly trying to play a game of hide and seek with the Lord. One day they foolishly hope to shout "home free" without having given their hearts completely to him while living on this earth (Luke 10:37).

 These words from a grand old song say it so well: "All along on the road to the soul's true abode, There's an Eye watching you; Every step that you take this great Eye is awake, There's an Eye watching you. Watching you, watching you, Every day mind the course you pursue, There's an Eye watching you" (J.M. Henson). There has ever been and ever will be the need for us to learn the lesson of Hebrews 4:13, "all things are naked and open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do".  Believe it my friend, believe it.

 I wonder, as that all seeing eye beholds us, does he see a heart filled with his word, a heart being molded in the way of truth, a heart being guided by him? If that is what he sees, then he will support and take care of us by providing whatever we need to sustain and keep us safe on this journey of life (Romans 8::28; Romans 8:35-39; Isaiah 40:31).

Charles Hicks