Posted by: Bill Hornbeck | September 17, 2012

God sees each of us His sheep in His pasture in His hand.

Today’s devotion comes from Hebrews 4:12-13.
 
“12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.  13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.”  Hebrews 4:12-13.
 
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God is “able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”  Verse 12.  Nothing is “hidden from His sight”.  Verse 13. 
 
God certainly knows each sin, no matter if we think it is hidden like a thought or intention.  Therefore, we should confess our sins and seek forgiveness. 
 
“3 When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away
Through my groaning all day long.
4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me;
My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer.  Selah.
5 I acknowledged my sin to You,
And my iniquity I did not hide;
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord”;
And You forgave the guilt of my sin.”  Psalm 32:3-5. 
 
We should also know that God also knows each good deed and each good thought.  His favor is on those is “on those who fear Him, On those who hope for His lovingkindness”.  Psalm 33:18-19.    
 
“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.
 
“13 The Lord looks from heaven;
He sees all the sons of men;
14 From His dwelling place He looks out
On all the inhabitants of the earth,
15 He who fashions the hearts of them all,
He who understands all their works.
16 The king is not saved by a mighty army;
A warrior is not delivered by great strength.
17 A horse is a false hope for victory;
Nor does it deliver anyone by its great strength.

18 Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him,
On those who hope for His lovingkindness,
19 To deliver their soul from death
And to keep them alive in famine.”  Psalm 33:13-19.

We also remember the context of the preceding verse to today’s Scripture.  “Therefore let us be diligent to enter that rest, so that no one will fall, through following the same example of disobedience.”  Hebrews 4:11.  God sees who trusts in Him and who is diligent to enter the rest. 

In summary, with knowledge from today’s Scripture that nothing is hidden from God’s sight, whether we be on the mountaintop or in the busy city or in the remote desert, let us review the warning of Hebrews Chapters 3 and 4 directly from the source of Psalm 95. 

“…Today, if you would hear His voice,
8 Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah,
As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,
9 “When your fathers tested Me,
They tried Me, though they had seen My work.
10 “For forty years I loathed that generation,
And said they are a people who err in their heart,
And they do not know My ways.
11 “Therefore I swore in My anger,
Truly they shall not enter into My rest.”  Psalm 95:7-11.

In conclusion, we can take great hope from the context of the preceding Scripture to this warning.  “For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand.  …”  Psalm 95:7.  God sees each of us His sheep in His pasture in His hand, and no one is able to snatch us out of His hand.  

“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;  and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.  My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all;  and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.  I and the Father are one.”  John 10:27-30.

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