By Lisa Wilmore
Scripture Reading: One day, many years later when Moses had grown up and become a man, he went out to visit his fellow Hebrews and saw the terrible conditions they were under. During his visit he saw an Egyptian knock a Hebrew to the ground – one of his own Hebrew brothers! Moses looked this way and that to be sure no one was watching, then killed the Egyptian and his body in the sand. The next day as he was out visiting among the Hebrews again, he saw two of them fighting. “What are you doing, hitting your own Hebrew brother like that?” He said to the one in the wrong. “And who are you?” “And do you plan to kill me as you did that Egyptian yesterday?” (Exodus 26: 1-12 TLB).
Greetings, My Brothers and Sisters,
Is it fair to say that we have been engaged in mishaps where we may have thought that no one saw us? Interestingly, no one may not have seen you; however, God has an eye that never sleeps. Psalm 124:4 declares that, “He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.”
Listen, even though Moses, as mentioned in our text, was trying to help his fellow brother, he was not justified in his actions by killing another individual. His actions, killing and burying a man, were unacceptable in the sight of God and men. We are never justified in doing anything that is not pleasing to God. In fact, the laws of the land prohibit such action as well.
Jesus taught in His Sermon on the Mount, “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify the Father which is in heaven” (Matthew 6:16). This yields to the fact that whatever we do, it must be done in a manner that brings glory to Him. When we succumb to doing ungodly things in secret and think that no one sees us, our light becomes dim, blurry, and next to not shining at all. We can never be sure if someone sees our misdeeds or not. So, the best advice is live our lives according to God’s standard, because one cannot be certain that no one saw them.
Something as simple as gossiping about an individual can be problematic-if someone hears you. We never know who is watching or who is listening. When you gossip, are you sure that no one else saw or heard you engaged in that kind of conversation about an individual? Are you sure your conversation was not recorded? Even though no one may not have heard or saw you, God did.
So, when you mistreat someone-are you sure no one saw you do that? When you pass by the hungered or beggar-are you sure no one saw you do that? When you take something that is not yours-are you sure no one saw you do that? Well, as a reminder, walk circumspectly (watchfully) from the world. You never know who is watching.
