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The Eyes of God
Brian Mashburn
July 12, 2009
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The Eyes of God
If you were to look into the eyes of God, what would you see?
Joseph found “favor” there (Genesis 39:4). Moses spoke of finding “right” there (Exodus 15:26). Eli told Samuel that “good” is there (1 Samuel 3:18). I guess most of us would expect these kinds of things.
However…Nathan told David that “evil” was there (2 Samuel 12:9). Job mentioned twice that “impurity” was there, too (Job 15:15; 25:5). How can this be?
Because…our reflection is there too. He’s looking at us. Imagine if you could pull a chair up behind the eyes of God and look out. What would you see?
You would see that he sees everywhere, keeping watch on unspeakable evil, unbelievable good, and everything in between (Proverbs 15:3).
You would see that He watches all off us corporately (Psalm 33:13), but he also zooms in and watches each nation (Psalm 66:7) and then zooms in further and watches each of us individually (Psalms 11:4).
You would see the paradox that while he sees all men equal in value (Romans 2:11), he prioritizes some over others (the lowly – Psalm 138:6, the righteous – 1 Peter 3:12, the hopeful – Psalm 33:18) out of love, His own glory, and for our good.
You would see that He’s capable of tireless watching (Deuteronomy 11:12), but gets very tired of our arrogant judgments about how He sees things (Malachi 2:17).
You would see everything, with perfect clarity, because He sees everything. The foolish forget this (Psalm 10:11), which results in their tragic behavior (Isaiah 29:15), and God will not sit idly by and just let this happen forever (Job 24:23-24).
But the wise and righteous have learned this. And because they have learned it, they have found relief (Lamentations 3:49-50). Relief at the deepest, most human of levels. Why? Because an all-loving, all-knowing, all-powerful God sees everything, so nothing need cause them alarm.
Look into the eyes of our God today.