Read: Psalm 139:1-13

You know my sitting down and
my rising up; You understand
my thought afar off.
-Psalm 139:2

Why do people think they are getting away with
something just because others are not aware of it? Do
we forget that there is One who sees and hears all we do
and say? If we don’t want people to know, how is it
that we are so unconcerned about the fact that God
knows?

In Psalm 139 David wrote, “O Lord, You have searched
me and known me, You know my sitting down and my rising
up; You understand my thought afar off. You…are
acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word on
my tongue, but behold, O Lord, You know it altogether”
(Ps. 139:1-4).

A father and son were driving down a country road and
saw a watermelon patch a little way off the highway.
The father said to the boy, “Keep a lookout here while I
go get a melon.” He snuck into the patch, lifted a
choice melon from the vine, and then called to the boy,
“Is anyone coming? Look both ways.” The little fellow
wisely responded, “But Daddy, shouldn’t we look up too?”

Yes, that is the most important place to look. How do
you behave when no one is looking but God? Test
yourself by this rule.
-M.R. De Haan, M.D.

You cannot hide from God, tho’ mountains cover you,
His eye our secret thoughts behold,
His mercies all our lives enfold,
He knows our purposes untold,
You cannot hide from God! -Ackley

OUR CHARACTER IS MEASURED
BY WHAT WE DO WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING.

OUR DAILY BREAD, Copyright 1999 by Radio Bible Class,
Grand Rapids,Michigan. Used by permission.