Proverbs 15:11 (ESV)
Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord,
How much more the hearts of men!
It is hard to hide something from your parents, a teacher and God!! You can fool your parents and you can make sure the teacher doesn't see you when his/her back is turned. But, God is not so easily fooled. God sees all. He sees the grave (Sheol) and hell (Abaddon). And, if He can see those, He knows what is in the heart. He knows what is in the mind. Man thinks that his thoughts are his own and are hidden from enemy, authority and companion. However, God even knows the thoughts. He knows the wicked thoughts and the good thoughts. He knows the motives and the secret desires. He knows the lust and the lies. He knows the wants and the wills. God knows it all. What we think we can hide from others we can't hide from Him. He must laugh as we shut the door and lock it and find our way to the dark place of life. Yet, nothing is hid from Him. He knows the very thoughts of the heart. Rejoice in that or fear that thought. Either way God is viewing that rejoicing or that fear. Here is what psalmist says about God knowing our thoughts:
Psalms 139:17-18 (ESV)
How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
If I would count them, they are more than the sand.
I awake, and I am still with you.
The most amazing thing to realize about the above passage is that God knows everything about us and yet the writer states: I am still with you. Even though God knows everything about us, He is still with us. When most people find everything about us they tend to not want to be around us. God is the opposite of all that. He knows everything about us and still stays with us.
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