"Then she [Hagar] called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, You-Are-the-God-Who-Sees . . . "
Sometimes people try to convince themselves that God does *not* see everything that happens. Whenever we sin, we are imagining that a Holy God somehow is not aware of it. But the fact is, that the Lord is cognizant--all at one time, and with total comprehension--of *everything* that occurs. This includes full knowledge of every single thought we have in our hearts and minds.
This truth should cause us to tremble. But then, we also remember that God sees our sincere faith in His Son; and, on the basis of Jesus' work, He forgives our sins. Let us be ever-grateful for this!
[Puritan quote of the day: "You cannot gratify Satan more, nor injure yourselves more, than by living without assurance [of God's favor in Christ]." --Thomas Brooks, in "Heaven on Earth"]
