"Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance."
Psalm 90:2
Part 2
Yesterday: Criminals Hiding Crimes, the Idiocy!
Intro to Psalm 90 and our verse (v. 8).
The Garden of Eden has taught us that mankind is on the run from his/her sin. We are ever trying to get away with our sin. But God sees all, and He knows all.
Today: God is Always Watching Me
In our discussion of people trying to get away with crime, we have left out the most essential person in any crime scene. We have mentioned the perpetrator and the victim. Still, we have said nothing about law enforcement, the men and women assigned the task of bringing lawbreakers to justice. As much as I respect these key people, they are not the most critical individuals in bringing offenders to justice. No, the essential link in the chain of justice is our holy God who sees, hears, and knows all. Think of it, not a crime has ever been committed, or a sin sinned, that is unknown to Him. And being omniscient, He never forgets!
The prophet told Israel of the impossibility of hiding their sin at any level. Whether it is the thought, the plan, or its doing, all is known to the LORD.
“Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?” (Isaiah 29:15)
The obvious answer to the prophet’s question is, “God knows.” And the thing is, according to our verse for today, because He did see and know about Israel’s sin, He let them know that He knew. Think of it, they knew that their God knew all about their sin, and yet they sinned anyway.
This tendency is ingrained in us all. When the baby reaches for something it should not have, mom smacks the hand, the baby cries, and goes for the object again! Our problem is that we are sinners, and sinners love their sin. The threat of severe discipline does not suppress our renegade hearts, ask Adam and Eve. Threatened with the penalty of death, these two “innocent people” walked right into their sin anyhow.
Indeed, mankind has a rebel heart! What can we do about it? Tomorrow we see what God says and does.
Quote: “Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death” (James 1:13-15).