I recall not
in nostalgia but with an acute sense of the fact that emotional morning when I
was going off to the university. My mum almost drilled life out of me with her
words. She repeated such statements like; be careful, take care of yourself,
always read your bible, take your studies seriously, attend Christian
fellowships, make us proud over one million times and they bored my young mind
to a state of frenzy. To crown her sermon, she said “Don’t forsake your
Christian upbringing, don’t follow the multitude to do immoral things, I and
your daddy will not be there to monitor your movements but when nobody is
watching, God is always standing by and He is watching every step you take and
is monitoring your activities. May the angels of the Lord guide you my daughter”.
What do you
do behind closed doors or where you feel no one who knows you is watching? Many a times some people move around with a
holy than thou attitude but the moment they are out of reach, their actions
cause severe explosions.
It is
important to note that God is a spirit being thus, He is ever present in our
lives. Have you ever wondered why certain bad things which are almost at the
verge of occurring in your life automatically reverses? It is because “God is
our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble”. Psalm 46:1. The way he noticed that bad thing and
reversed it for you is still the way He sees you when you hurt his feeling by
indulging in sin because He is omnipresent.
Do you cheat
on your spouse believing that you can never be caught? You inflate those
figures because you feel smart enough to cover it? You plant seeds of discord
amongst your brethren or colleagues assuring yourself of your intelligence? You
feel shy or too busy to preach the word of God? Hmmm…Jesus knows all that you
are doing.
Come to
think of it, when you do something in the secret, it means you are not proud of
what you are doing so why the stress? A child of God is to live a continuous
holy life even when your pastor or spiritual leader is not with you. You ought
to showcase a live of righteousness and holiness always. The bible says in 2 Timothy 2:19 “Nevertheless,
the foundation of God standeth sure,
having this seal, the Lord knoweth them that are His, Let everyone that nameth
the name of Christ depart from iniquity.” Yes! The Lord knows His own because
He is seeing all that you do. When nobody is watching you, let your conversation be seasoned, your actions weighed, your steps ordered and let Jesus be glorified in your life always. Have this at the back of your mind that “when nobody is watching you….GOD IS SEEING ALL THAT YOU DO.
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