“God can’t see us in our house,” said three-year-old David as he looked at the star-filled sky above him. His grandmother had just reminded him of his Sunday school memory verse, “Thou God seest me.” “But He can,” said Grandmother, “even at night.” “But we close the curtains on our windows at night,” was David’s reply.
David’s grandmother patiently explained how God can see everything we do, hear everything we say and knows everything we think; so there is no hiding from Him. These thoughts of hiding from God are not just those of a three-year-old. Teens and adults both have similar thoughts concerning their sins. But God has said, “Be sure your sin will find you out.” (Num. 32:2323But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out. (Numbers 32:23).) God does not want us to hide from Him, but to confess our sins openly before Him. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:99If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9).)
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