The All Seeing Eye

 Jeremiah 16:17 (NASB) 

¹⁷  "For My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face, nor is their iniquity concealed from My eyes. 

God has all seeing eyes. This can be a great comfort. Comfort when you need His protection, His guidance, provision, counsel, strength and so forth. It can also be disconcerting when you think about your own personal iniquity or the iniquity of a group of people. That is even true of an entire nation. 

Think of the all seeing eyes of God on all your ways. From the moment you awake until you go to bed. Every action. Every word spoken. He sees the inside too. He knows your thoughts and attitudes. Not just for one day, but for every day of your life. Things done in supposed secret are not secret to Him. Things you practice hidden in the shadows are clear before His marvelous light. 

God sees deceit, hucksters, shysters, and corruption. Nobody gets away with it. There is a day of reckoning for everyone. That was true in Jeremiah's day and is just as true in our day. God holds people accountable for their sinful ways. He sees all and knows all. 

What kind of person does that make us want to be? Does it motivate us onward toward holy living? In many cases it does not. It did not for the people of Israel. They did not amend their ways and eventually they felt the consequences of God's chastisement. 

We can be forgiven, if we have been washed in the blood. We can be restored, if we repent and turn from our wicked ways. If God sees all, may we live our lives in the light of eternity. May we ever be mindful He is watching and be more diligent to mind our actions. Live for the day when the All Seeing Eye becomes the Reverberating Voice in Heaven saying, "Well done good and faithful servant."