Eye of God or Sight of God- Some thoughts for Lent
Luke 16:15: He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.
2.Acts 4:19: But Peter and John replied, “Which is right in God’s eyes: to listen to you, or to him? You be the judges!
3.Hebrews 4:13: Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
As children in Vacation Bible School or in other venues where crafts were being made, we would sometimes make a little woven craft from popsicle sticks (craft sticks) and yarn. We called them ojos de dios – Eyes of God.
The eye of God is fair more complex and considerably less entertaining than making these little crafts. God’s eye sees to the heart of each of us. Nothing is hidden. He knows the motivations, the manipulations, the machinations. There are moments when He allows me to see things from His perspective and while I am grateful for those moments of insight, there are times when it is terrifying, too. I am grateful I do not have God’s eye in most things. It would be too hard to see. 3/9/14
