Today's encouragement comes from Proverbs 15:3, where we read these words:
"The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.”The doctrine of the Lord's omnipresence (God-is-in-every-place) is really a blessing for us. When we know we are in our Father's gaze, we are especially desirous of acting becomingly before Him. When we (unwisely) imagine that the Lord does not observe us, we are inclined to loosen up on our behavior.
It is a form of atheism, to act contrary to the omnipresence of God. True Christians may live in the knowledge that nothing—not even our deepest and innermost thoughts—escape The Lord's perfect view. With this in mind, are we not glad that we are saved by faith in Christ, and not by our own allegedly "sufficient" deeds?
[Puritan quote of the day: "Those who preach Christ most and themselves least are likeliest to enlarge the church of God.” —Nathaniel Vincent, in, "A Discourse Concerning Love"]
