“My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from me, nor is their sin concealed from my eyes.” Jeremiah 16:17
Our Church ‘Evangelists’ were standing at the busy intersection as usual. And as usual, we had paired up in couples to talk while we held up Gospel signs. A man came by to talk with me and I had my back turned when I heard a sound. Turning around, I only saw a semi-truck heading southbound. All of us went on talking. We had missed it!
It wasn’t but for a couple minutes that someone said, “HEY, DO YOU SEE THAT CAR IN THE DITCH ACROSS THE ROAD?” By then, a couple guys had gathered and were seemingly talking to someone in a car, the roof of which was the only thing we could see. So I ran!
When I got across the street there was a lil ol’ lady in a VERY nice Mustang Convertible, sitting behind the wheel texting and talking on a computer tablet. She was unhurt but a little shaken, so I asked her how she was. “Did YOU see that guy run me off the road?” was all she asked. She seemed a very nice lady, but I couldn’t testify to something I hadn’t seen. Making sure she was fine, I waited until the Sheriff’s Deputy arrived.
When I got back to the corner I asked EVERYONE what they had seen. This time, unlike when we experienced the female flasher, no one had seen a thing! I started to think about how justice might be found for the lady with no witnesses! Reading this Bible verse kind of made me cringe a little… because when “I” do something wrong… there is ALWAYS a witness!
God is more talented than Santa because He DOES see EVERYTHING! And sin makes Him VERY unhappy! But He ALSO has something BIGGER than an entire toy factory run by elves! He has a heart FULL and OVERFLOWING with the kind of LOVE that only HE can address. So He addressed it!
God’s Son, Jesus Christ, came under cover to live, die and live again to PAY the penalty for my own infractions against me. God cannot lie, and won’t! He KNOWS! And being perfect in justice, the penalty MUST be paid! So His BIG HEART PAID IT! NOW… there is NO excuse for continuing to do what I always did. NOW… sinners sin, and suffer the penalty, because they CHOOSE TO!
God has an inheritance for me. Jeremiah 17:4 says that my inheritance CAN be LOST. But if it is, it is ALL MY FAULT! I have charges against me with SERIOUS consequences. And I have both a witness against me, AND FOR me! I am NOT a dummy… I chose Jesus!
In the face of LOVE….what is YOUR choice??
