God Has His Eye On You.....

Let's take a quick observation from Psalm 121:5-8. It says, "The LORD himself watches over you! The LORD stands beside you as your protective shade. The sun will not hurt you by day, nor the moon at night. The LORD keeps you from all evil and preserves your life. The LORD keeps watch over you as you come and go, both now and forever."

A little boy was always getting into trouble in his Sunday School class, so in exasperation, his teacher said to him, "I want you to know that God is watching you all the time. Even when I can't keep my eyes on you, God has His eyes on you. He is watching you, so you'd better straighten up."

The boy was terrified by the thought of God watching him all the time. After Sunday School, he told his parents, "The teacher said that God is watching me all the time." They could see that the thought terrified their son rather than bringing comfort to his heart. So his parents put it into proper context for him. They said, "Yes, it's true that God is always watching you. But the reason is because He loves you so much that He can't take His eyes off you."

Proverbs 15:3 says, "The LORD is watching everywhere, keeping his eye on both the evil and the good."

Now, you may need to correct me on this one, but I'm gonna guess that many of you reading this had the little boy's perspective on God watching you instead of the parent's perspective on God watching you. Many times when we think of God watching us, what comes to mind are the surveillance cameras we have in public places today. They are usually hidden in places where we tend to never look. In some stores they're obvious by all of the dark "domes" in the ceiling. They can watch everyone. People don't even realize a camera is turning around and following them wherever they go.

So when we consider the fact that God is watching us, we might think, "That is terrifying!" But it all depends. If we are rebelling against God, then the thought of it can be more than a little frightening. If that's you, how about taking a moment to lift your eyes to God and get things squared away with Him? Then you can have the knowledge that God is watching us, but He loves us so much that He can't take His eyes off us. We may lose sight ofGod, but He never loses sight of us.

I encourage you to keep your eyes fixed on Him, because He's got His eyes fixed on you!