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"An Eye Watching You"
I remember back in the '50s and 60s when I was growing up, we would sing an old hymn entitled, "There's An Eye Watching You" It was written by John Melvin Henson who also penned "Anywhere is Home" and "Happy Am I" to name just a couple. The first verse says:
"All along on the road to the soul's true abode,
There's an Eye watching you;
Every step that you take this great Eye is awake,
There's an Eye watching you."
I always thought this song to be quite intimidating. As I grew older I realized that it is supposed to be intimidating. The song
encourages us to faithfulness by reminding us that God is omniscient and omnipresent - He is everywhere and sees everything. The
Psalmist David asked, "Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?" (Psalm 139:7). The Psalmist goes
on to observe that God is in heaven, in hell, and in the sea (Psalm 139:8-10). Even the darkness does not keep Him from seeing
(Psalm 139:11-12).
Did you ever notice how people present their best table manners when they eat at a public restaurant among important people, or how
they act when they are in the presence of a preacher or an elder of the church? These two illustrations merely bear testimony to the
fact that people act their best when they know someone is watching them. A truth that we sometimes forget is that the Lord is watching
us all the time! The wise man Solomon observed, "The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good."
(Proverbs 15:3). He watches every step we take and He sees through every flimsy excuse we make in a feeble attempt to justify our
unfaithfulness.
There's an all-seeing Eye watching all of us - Someone to whom our whole soul is laid bare (Hebrews 4:13; cf. Psalm 90:8). This fact should motivate us to do what the next verse of this old song begs us to do.
"As you make life's great flight, keep the pathway of right,
There's an Eye watching you.
Fix your mind on the goal, that sweet home of the soul,
There's an Eye watching you."
With additional stanzas we are exhorted to always conduct ourselves in the knowledge that God is watching and he knows the thoughts and intents of our hearts.
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Neely's Bend Church of Christ
1502 Neely's Bend
Madison, Tennessee 37115
Phone (615) 865-1836
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