The Devotional – 1418 – The Eyes of the LORD

The Devotional – 1418 – The Eyes of the LORD

Proverbs 5:21 – For the ways of man are before the LORD, and He ponders (observes) all his paths. (Then again Solomon says) Proverbs 16:2 – All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the LORD weights the spirits.

 

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Sometimes in the military there were occasions when we were tracking the enemy, looking for any clue that might reveal what those men in their vessels of defense or offense were up to. The surveillance technology of those days was not like that of these days but I can truly say that in both eras, spying on someone by any human effort will forever lack the watch care attributes that belong ONLY to God.

Man will never achieve “omnipresence”, nor will he achieve the other three attributes that add to the completeness of the Holy Character that God alone is. If you are unaware of these; they are omnipotence, omniscience and immutable. God is God. If you ever think on these attributes that separate GOD from man you might need to be careful since all of our ability to understand the Character of God resides in the intellect of who we are as sinful finite creatures.

Let me get back to our side of the fence here. It is normal for the human mind to spy out the what for and the why is it of others doing stuff. We spy… ALL THE TIME! Okay! I do not want to labor this along, paragraph by paragraph so let me sum up what is on my mind. We spy for covert reasons, like as to putting a shell of protection around us or to know something things in order to gain the upper hand.

God has other attributes of His Character that complete the Holiness of God and these are: Sovereignty, Love, Eternal Life, Righteousness, Justice and Truth. Because God is omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient and immutable; this makes the other attributes of God PURE AND HOLY. So God does not use His Character for negative purposes as His observations of His Creatures and Creation is simply a HOLY exercise of His LOVE.

Psalm 33:1-22 - Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous! For praise from the upright is beautiful. Praise the Lord with the harp; Make melody to Him with an instrument of ten strings. Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully with a shout of joy. For the word of the Lord is right, and all His work is done in truth (Truth). He loves righteousness and justice (love, righteousness and justice); the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.

By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, (Sovereignty) and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth (Omnipotence). He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap; He lays up the deep in storehouses. Let all the earth fear the Lord; Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him. For He spoke and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast (Immutable). The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect. The counsel of the Lord stands forever, The plans of His heart to all generations. (Omniscience)

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, The people He has chosen as His own inheritance. The Lord looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of men. (Omnipresent) From the place of His dwelling He looks on all the inhabitants of the earth; He fashions their hearts individually; He considers all their works. No king is saved by the multitude of an army; A mighty man is not delivered by great strength. A horse is a vain hope for safety; neither shall it deliver any by its great strength.

Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, On those who hope in His mercy, To deliver their soul from death, (Eternal) And to keep them alive in famine. Our soul waits for the Lord; He is our help and our shield. For our heart shall rejoice in Him, because we have trusted in His holy name. Let Your mercy, O Lord, be upon us, just as we hope in You.

The Psalm above is laced over and again with God’s attributes. Take much time today to think about our God who watches out for our coming and going because His Mercy is new every morning and His Grace is sufficient for each day. Praise the LORD, oh my soul! Praise His Holy Name. Lamentations 3:23-25.