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A Holy Watcher, August 16
Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all
things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we
have to do.
Hebrews 4:13
.
In every place, at every hour in the day, there is a holy Watcher who
balances every account, whose eye takes in the whole situation, whether it
is one of fidelity or one of disloyalty and deception.
We are never alone. We have a Companion whether we choose Him
or not. Remember, young men and young women, that wherever you are,
whatever you are doing, God is there. To your every word and action you
have a witness—the holy, sin-hating God. Nothing that is said or done
or thought can escape His infinite eye. Your words may not be heard by
human ears, but they are heard by the Ruler of the universe. He reads the
inward anger of the soul when the will is crossed. He hears the expression
of profanity. In the deepest darkness and solitude He is there. No one can
deceive God; none can escape from their accountability to Him.
“O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me,” writes the psalmist.
“Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my
thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art
acquainted with all my ways.... If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover
me; even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not
from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are
both alike to thee” (
Psalm 139:1-12
).
Day by day the record of your words, your actions, and your influence
is being made in the books of heaven. This you must meet
All heaven is interested in our salvation. The angels of God are ...
marking the deeds of men. They record in the books of God’s remembrance
the words of faith, the acts of love, the humility of spirit, and in that
day when every man’s work shall be tried of what sort it is, the work
of the humble follower of Christ will stand the test, and will receive the
commendation of Heaven. “Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun
in the kingdom of their Father” (
Matthew 13:43
)
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21
The Youth’s Instructor, May 26, 1898.
22
The Review and Herald, September 16, 1890
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