We’ve heard that phrase before! Sounds funny, but it can be true! Just as some people think they can pull the wool over a blind man’s eyes, many are confident they can get over on God! They have their lines ready. They’ve thought of just how to justify themselves before His presence. They have every excuse lined up. Well, someone in the Bible thought so too! Check it out. Backdrop: Abijah, the son of Jeroboam, king of the northern Kingdom of Israel (10 tribes), was sick. King Jeroboam sent his wife to Shiloh to see the prophet Ahijah to see if their sick son would live. Here’s the plan:
“Jeroboam said to his wife, “Go, disguise yourself, so you won’t be recognized as the wife of Jeroboam…Now Ahijah could not see; his sight was gone because of his age. But the LORD had told Ahijah, “Jeroboam’s wife is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill, and you are to give her such and such an answer. When she arrives, she will pretend to be someone else.” So when Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps at the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why this pretense? I have been sent to you with bad news…As for you, go back home. When you set foot in your city, the boy will die” (1King 14:1-14NIV).
God revealed to the blind prophet all of Jeroboam’s plans. He knew what the king’s intentions were. We see that whether we disguise ourselves or pretend to not know something, or claim we forgot, God knows our every thought! He’s known it since before any ideas even spring up inside us! Picture it like this: It’s judgment day and you’re waiting in heaven’s lobby surrounded by zillions of angelic beings and trillions of people all waiting their turn.
Your number is called to enter God’s throne room and as you strut your way in, you touch your nose thrice, rub your shoulder like, “He’s got nothin’ on me” and you begin rehearsing what you’re going to say about this case and that other one, etc. As you’re walking in, you see yourself on a huge screen committing what ever sins you did. Your masks or disguises are removed and you see your thoughts or excuses being formulated in your brain right there. So, before you even open your mouth, the irrefutable evidence is displayed on the screen. There might even be a bunch of screens showing the different stages of your thoughts and actions as they occurred-all from different angles. You realize there’s no use in denying your actions! He’s got you covered!
“For the word of God is alive and active. It is sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart” (Hebrews 4:12).
Now, God’s not blind, nor has lost His sight like the prophet; He’s not “The Blind Man” either- showing up to install your blinds! Yet, He knows and sees everything all around us. He’s Omniscient (all-knowing), He’s Omnipresent (everywhere at all times), He’s Omnipotent (all-powerful), and Omni-benevolent (all-good/loving). He knows what’s on the horizon for 67 years from now and beyond, just as much as He knew all the events that would transpire from before Adam sinned until this moment.
Because He’s all-good, you can trust Him right now for whatever you’re going through! Go ahead, invite Him into your living room for a Pepsi, or a Coke, or a Sprite, or 7-Up, or a grape soda, or water, and tell Him your woes (He won’t be surprised). Clear your chest of what’s bothering you and then invite Him into your heart. He sees it. He’s Jehovah El Roi (Genesis 16:13), The God Who Sees.
God Bless!
Sam