Hebrews 4:13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

Christ is Lord of everything! He is not just Lord of the people of Israel, nor just the Lord of Christians. Everything is under His command from the smallest of creatures to the largest stars in the heavens.

It is God who knows all and sees all and not man. Yes we have managed to discover many hidden gems in God’s universe, but it is still God’s universe!

When we are done with our lives here on earth it is Christ who we have to give an account to!

1 Samuel 16:7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

When God sent Samuel in to anoint the future King of Israel He told Samuel that there was a big difference between what God sees and what man sees.

Israel had chosen Saul as king because he was a mighty man, tall and powerful and probably very imposing. Most people look up to powerful people and listen to them; so man’s choice is not always right.

God knows what is going on inside people’s hearts and minds and so can make a perfect choice rather than a good guess as we do!

Proverbs 21:2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, But the Lord weighs the hearts.

How many times have you just accepted what someone says when they say “you just don’t know what you’re doing” or something similar?

It is hard to take that sort of criticism, especially when you have been doing something for a long time and someone new points out a fault; but sometimes we just have to admit that we get things wrong!

God needs us to realise that we do get things wrong and that we have to accept His ways are righteous and correct. We need to follow His ways and not our own…