THE ABOVE words were spoken by Hagar. God’s eye was upon her, for He saw her movements and spoke to her. She hearkened to His voice and retraced her steps. It is a great thing in our lives when we realize that God’s eye is upon us. We often try to run away from the speaking of God, but it is no use. It says, “God speaketh once, yea twice,... He openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, that He may withdraw man from his purpose.” Job 33:14-1714For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. 15In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; 16Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, 17That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man. (Job 33:14‑17).
I remember a young man that traveled thirteen thousand miles to try and get away from God’s speaking to him. But, at the end of the journey, he found God was there to meet him. He spoke to him then a second time and happily this young man listened to His voice. He took his true place before God as a guilty, lost sinner, and he accepted Jesus as His Saviour and Lord. He is now a living witness for the One he despised and from whom he sought to run away.
God spoke to Jonah and he tried to get away from God too, but it was no use. He paid the price of the joey like the young man of whom we have been speaking. He went on his way but God caused the wind to blow and the sea to rise, and Jonah was thrown overboard. God, however, had prepared a great fish which swallowed Jonah and caused him to listen to His voice a second time.
We cannot get away from God; but there is a danger, if we persist in going our own way and turning a deaf ear to God’s speaking, that He may leave us alone. Very solemn to be left alone of God. “He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.” Prov. 29:11He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. (Proverbs 29:1).
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