Today's encouragement comes from Genesis 16:13a, where we read these words:
"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* behold 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 in the entire universe. This includes His full knowledge of every single thought we have in our hearts and minds.
This truth may cause us to tremble a bit. But then, we also remember that the Lord sees our sincere God-given faith in His Son; and, on the basis of Jesus' atonement, He forgives all the sins of His faithful church. Let us be ever-grateful for this!
[Puritan quote of the day: "You cannot gratify Satan more, nor injure your-selves more, than by living without assurance [of God's favor in Christ].”
—Thomas Brooks, in, "Heaven On Earth"]
