WATCHING YOU

     His dad took him to the watermelon patch. He gave him
instructions. "Look to the right. Look to the left. If no one is in
sight, then steal the watermelon." The child rebuked the father
with, "But, Dad, you forgot to look up." We tell our children that
God can see us everywhere we go. He can see us in the dark or under
the bed. He can see us in a closet. We simply cannot hide from His
eyes.
     I read of a man who lived in the Rio Grande Valley, only 7
miles from the Mexican border. He commented on a strange mind-set.
Some people thought they could cross the border and leave God in
Texas.  Little did they know; God is everywhere. Geographical
borders do not mean a thing to Him. People do things in Mexico they
would never do in their home town where neighbors might see them.
     "How do you know me," Nathanael asks of Jesus. Jesus said,
"When you were under the fig tree, I saw you." Nathanael answers,
"You are the Son of God" (John 1:48-49). Whatever went on under the
fig tree; whatever he wrestled with, or thought about or talked to
God about, no human eye could have known or seen.
     The old adage rings true. "Character is what you are in the
dark." I look to the left and I look to the right. No one can know.
But, I had better look up also. Remember the hymn, "There's An All
Seeing Eye Watching You." Under the fig tree, in watermelon patches,
across borders, Monday morning at work, Thursday night at play,
wherever we are, whatever we are doing --- God sees, God knows!
     How foolish for mankind to seek to put something over on the
Lord. Paul states, "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for
whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap" (Galatians 6:7).
The farmer has no problem understanding this simple lesson. We, too,
must understand the spiritual applications of this simple
illustration.
    -----Jack Thompson, preacher for White Park church of Christ.
              (Taken from an article by Joe Fitch)

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