My wife and I had just finished playing a Scrabble-like game and I quietly said, “I think I will take the dog for a walk.” What happened next was unreal because the dog was stretched out on her side snoring. Snoring! Instantly her head was up followed by her body and a burst of barking as she ran to the door. “Let’s go, slowpoke. Do you or do you not want to walk? I need to mark the neighborhood as mine.”
God is like that. He monitors everything we say. It doesn’t matter how busy He is caring for a zillion galaxies. Actually better than my dog that needs to hear me articulate, God monitors our thoughts. Yes, God is an eavesdropper and a stalker. He can’t help Himself. It’s His nature. When you love someone you want to know all about them. When I am riding in the car I often say to my wife, “What’s ya thinkin?” It isn’t that I can’t stand the silence. I can always turn on the radio if I want noise. No, I really want to know what she is thinking.
I hate to break this to you, but you really don’t have any secrets. Now that is scary. At least we can keep secrets from other humans. However, the last verse of Ecclesiastes says God will bring all of our secrets before judgment, but in Acts 3 Peter tells us God will blot out our sins. So the only secrets to be told are those really good things you did for people without telling anyone. And I think if you talk to God about it He will honor your request to keep those secret if that is what you want.
Written by Roger Bothwell on March 13, 2009
Spring of Life Ministry, PO Box 124, St. Helena, CA 94574
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