Day 22 – Proverbs 22 - Somebody’s Watching Me
Proverbs 5:21 [NKJV] For your ways are in full view of the LORD, and He examines all your paths.
Michael Jackson had a song that went like this: “I always feel like somebody’s watching me.” This scripture reminded me of that song. Well, guess what, sweet sisters – somebody is watching you.
Perhaps it reminds you of a song you learned in Sabbath school or Sunday school: “Oh be careful little eyes what you see, Oh be careful little eyes what you see. For the Father up above is looking down in love…”
Proverbs 5:21 tells us that God is watching. Nothing I do is hidden from Him. Nothing I say is hidden from Him. Nothing I think or feel is hidden from Him. There are times when He sees the good things we do in private, that no one else may know about. He also sees the private, hidden sins.
God sees my ways, my words and my thoughts and those things (my ways, words and thoughts) show Him where I am headed on my journey of life. He isn’t just seeing individual thoughts and actions. He sees patterns of behavior. What are my habits? My focus? My routine responses? And He sees where these things are taking me. Am I headed to trouble and pain and eternal death? Or am I headed to His Kingdom and eternal reward?
God asks us to partner with Him in watching our ways and examining our paths. 1 Corinthians 11:28 begins “But let a man examine himself…”
2 Corinthians 13:5 [NKJV] says Examine yourselves [as to] whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?--unless indeed you are disqualified.
Each sin needs to be repented of, forgiven and washed away by the precious blood of Jesus. But, as we see them and repent, we are also supposed to be turning our lives around. Over time I am to be retraining myself. My mind, my thoughts should be changed. My words should be different. My actions should be changed. I should develop new patterns of behavior.
In short, God needs to be seeing that I am on a new path, different from the path I was on before I met Him and gave my life over to Him.
God is watching and taking note. He isn’t doing it to catch me in sin but so that He can help me get on or stay on the right path. Today I commit to watching myself too. I will ask “Where am I headed?” “Am I walking in the light?” “Am I on a path to spiritual success?” “Where is this thought or action taking me?”
Sweet sisters, join me in examining ourselves today, as we know God is doing, to ensure we are on the right path. Somebody watching you. It is our loving Father.
Prayer — Dear Lord, I want to be on the path of righteousness. I know that you see me as your daughter whom you love. I also know that my ways are not hidden from you. You see the good and the bad. Help me to see the individual sins and the patterns of behavior that set on the wrong paths and to correct them with your help and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
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