Today, we are reading Chapter 15 of the Proverbs Challenge, and we are (basically) at the halfway point! Time certainly flies when you are having fun
I was drawn to verse 3 from Chapter 15, because, honestly, it bought me comfort, knowing God sees me, and yet, there was a time in my life that I would have also scoffed at this verse (when I didn’t know God) for being called evil. So much so, that it would have made me hate Him more! Yet, God gives us grace (thankfully) that unbelievers aren’t judged by what Christians know and understand, and that also brings me to hope for those yet to find Christ
“The Lord is watching everywhere, keeping his eye on both the evil and the good.”
Proverbs 15:3
My Thoughts: God is Omnipresent (He is everywhere at all times) and Omniscient (He is, therefore, all-knowing) which will bring comfort to all God’s children, and terror to the unbelievers on judgement day
My prayer is always for the unbelievers I know to have the spiritual ”scales” off their eyes and ears lifted, so that then when they hear the truth, they recognise it, and it finally sets them free
As hard as it may seem, an evil person (in the eyes of the Lord) is anyone who is neither a Jew, or a born-again Christian, but it’s remembering that our moral code is not based on righteousness and therefore, God being Holy, is the only One able to judge others
My heart also breaks for this verse, because of the billions of people who are yet to find God, but also because there are ”Christians” who actually will be turned away because they simply thought saying a prayer was the only thing needed for salvation
Yet, God sees and He knows everything…whether it is from our thoughts or deeds…therefore, are we walking with the Holy Spirit day-by-day being guided in God’s truth? Can I honestly say I try to be led by Jesus’ example to love God, and to love others? (With others being every person in the world, not just friends and family)
The day is coming where our Omnipotent God (He is all-powerful and therefore, controls all things) will destroy all that we know to either bring us to Him, in Heaven or to cast us to where we were never created to be, in Hell
This verse is the sobering reality for humanity, whether we understand it, or not
My Reflection: At times, it may seem like God has let evil run crazily within the world, and we wonder if He even sees what is happening, or if He even cares. But God does see everything, clearly, both in thought and action (verse 15:11)
God is not “indifferent” about the evil in the world either – in other words, He cares and He is moving throughout the world in many different ways, but currently, His work may be unseen or unfelt, but it doesn’t mean He isn’t there. As Christian’s, we walk by faith, not by sight, and we need to encourage others to do the same, gently
What spoke to you within Chapter 15?
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