I want to draw our attention to this very important fact that those who steal, first of all look around, and when they don't see anybody around them and feel nobody is seeing them, they quickly put what they are stealing in their pocket, and when people shows up, they then frown their face and pretend as if nothing has happened. But one thing they fail to realize is that, whereas they only feel that nobody sees them, God is watching.
Proverbs 15:3 says, "The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good."
This is where the problem is. Most people are only conscious of those who are physically present whenever they want to do a thing, neglecting the fact that God who could not be seen is also present, and is watching. As a result, they end up doing what they wouldn't have done. Sure, you need to know this, because 2 Chronicles 16:9 also says, "For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him."
Know therefore that, it is this consciousness of the presence of God that makes somebody a child of God. All these evil thoughts that make unbelievers steal, commit fornication and adultery, premarital sex, and all other kinds of sin, also come to everybody including believers, but because believers are conscious of the presence of God, and understands that God is watching, they now refuse to commit the sin. That's why 1 John 3:9 says, "Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
May God help us to feel his presence at all times and understand that he is watching, so that we would continue to live a holy life that he demands from us in Jesus name.
Jesus loves you and I do too.
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