Larry Page one of the senior leaders of social media platforms Google said: “Everything you’ve ever heard or seen or experienced will become searchable. Your whole life will be searchable.” In the digital era, enormous amounts of data are generated, stored, and even used for good and evil purposes. Cameras are cheap, storage is cheap, and people give up information cheaply and voluntarily. If humans can retrieve all information about a person, how easily God could do that?
Cannot hide: Is there a secret chamber where a person could hide? No. God fills the heaven and earth. (Jeremiah 23:24) It is impossible to run away from God as David writes. Where can David or any other person go from His Spirit, His presence? It is heaven or Sheol or deep sea, God’s presence is there. (Psalms 139:7-9) Wicked people would call mountains to hide them and rocks to fall on them to escape God’s eyes and judgment. (Revelation 6:16; Luke 23:30)
Darkness: God reveals things that are deep, hidden, and in darkness because He is light. (Daniel 2:22) God can see in the darkness, better than those military personnel using night-vision goggles.
Invisible things: For humans, many things are not visible or do not have any form. Thoughts are invisible things, but God weighs human thoughts and intentions of the heart. (Proverbs 21:2-3)
God’s eyes: The eyes of the Lord are in every place, examine all their ways, they are not hidden from Him, and no sin can be concealed, covered, or hidden from his eyes. (Proverbs 15:3; Jeremiah 16:17)
Strong support: God’s eyes are not like CCTV, a silent spectator and recorder. God sees with an intention, purpose, and action. He rewards and sustains those who are blameless. (II Chronicles 16:9) He judges the guilty.
Give account: All humans must give account for their words, thoughts, intentions, attitudes, relationships, behavior, deeds, and actions. Everything is open, naked, and exposed in God’s sight. (Hebrews 4:13) No one could deny as everything is documented, searchable, and retrievable.
Do I allow God to search and cleanse my life?