A Small and Trivial Deity by
J. I. Packer Does he not see my
ways, and count my every step? A man's ways are in full view
of the Lord, and he examines all his paths. The eyes of the
Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good.
My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from me,
nor is their sin concealed from my eyes. I can hide my heart
and my past and my future plans from those around me, but I cannot
hide anything from God. I can talk in a way that deceives
my fellow creatures as to what I really am. But nothing I say
or do can deceive God. He sees through all my pretense.
He knows me as I really am, better indeed than I know myself. A
God whose presence and scrutiny I could evade would be a small
and trivial deity. but the true and living God is
great and awesome just because He is always with me and His
eye is always upon me. Living becomes an amazing experience
when I realize that I spend every moment of my life in the sight
and company of the omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent, holy
God. Can anyone hide in secret places
so that I cannot see him? Do not I fill heaven and earth?
declares the Lord. Jeremiah chapter 23 verses 23
and 24