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God Has Eyes?


God has eyes!

 

Not sure?  Come see for yourself…

 

“For he knows worthless men; when he sees iniquity, will he not consider it?”  (Job 11:11)

 

To see is to perceive by the eye; to perceive or detect as if by sight. 

 

God not only sees, but He also looks:

 

“The Lord watches from heaven; he sees all people.  From the place where he lives he looks carefully at all the earth’s inhabitants.”  (Psalm 33:12-14)

 

To look is to exercise the power of vision upon.

 

God not only sees and looks carefully but He also observes:

 

“For his eyes are on the ways of an individual, he observes all a person’s steps.”  (Job 34:21)

 

To observe is to watch carefully especially with attention to details or behavior for the purpose of arriving at a judgment

 

What purpose does God have in mind when He sees, looks closely and observes carefully?

 

“God looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.”  (Psalm 53:2)

 

“For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His”…  (2 Chronicles 16:9)

 

What will God see when His eyes are upon you?  One who seeks God?  One whose heart is completely His?

 

Be seen…in those ways!

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