"The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good." - Proverbs 15:3
During worship on Sundays our three youngest children will often sit with their friends. Sometimes there is an adult nearby and sometimes there isn't. Regardless, they know that Mom and Dad will be watching their behavior from the platform. We are watching to see if they are behaving appropriately and participating in worship. We watch to hold them accountable and to use any negative situations as training opportunities later on at home. We also try to deliberately notice good behavior so we can praise them. Praise and edification are as important as correction in their development and we try to "catch them" doing right!
While most of the time we do our best to keep an eye out for our children for a number of reasons in any situation (safety, protection, correction, praise), we cannot see every thing every time. We will miss stuff. Our kids will get hurt or make a bad decision that leads to a negative consequence. Even if we could always prevent these things from happening we would be doing our children a disservice, for it is often in situations like that where they learn the most.
God, on the other hand, does have the ability to watch us all at the time. He knows our good and our bad. He knows when we do right and when we sin. We can take comfort in the fact that He sees when we are being mistreated or wronged. God eyes are watching all the evil and all the good taking place on the earth. What a comfort!
Even though we may find ourselves questioning if God is around or not during some of the especially difficult times - we can know that He is and that He promises to work all things together for good.
During worship on Sundays our three youngest children will often sit with their friends. Sometimes there is an adult nearby and sometimes there isn't. Regardless, they know that Mom and Dad will be watching their behavior from the platform. We are watching to see if they are behaving appropriately and participating in worship. We watch to hold them accountable and to use any negative situations as training opportunities later on at home. We also try to deliberately notice good behavior so we can praise them. Praise and edification are as important as correction in their development and we try to "catch them" doing right!
While most of the time we do our best to keep an eye out for our children for a number of reasons in any situation (safety, protection, correction, praise), we cannot see every thing every time. We will miss stuff. Our kids will get hurt or make a bad decision that leads to a negative consequence. Even if we could always prevent these things from happening we would be doing our children a disservice, for it is often in situations like that where they learn the most.
God, on the other hand, does have the ability to watch us all at the time. He knows our good and our bad. He knows when we do right and when we sin. We can take comfort in the fact that He sees when we are being mistreated or wronged. God eyes are watching all the evil and all the good taking place on the earth. What a comfort!
Even though we may find ourselves questioning if God is around or not during some of the especially difficult times - we can know that He is and that He promises to work all things together for good.
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