When James was just a little boy his mother was called away from home for a day on urgent business. Before leaving she carefully instructed. James, as well as his older sister, as to what they should do during her absence. James was told to listen to his sister, and mind what she told him.
For a while that morning everything went along well, but by noon James was tired of being a good boy and got into mischief. His faithful sister was on hand to urge him to stop. James, like most boys, wanted to have his own way, and refused to stop what he was doing. After trying several different times to make him do what he should, his sister said,
“James, God does not like to see naughty boys, and He is watching you.”
Very quickly came the reply from James,
“I’ll hide hehind the door, and then God can’t see me.”
James is not the only one who has thought he could hide from God. Often men and women, as well as little boys and girls, have thought they could hide their doings from the eye of God. Sometimes they seem to think He is not looking, or maybe does not care what they do. We might be able to hide our bad deeds from our parents, teachers, or our friends, but we cannot hide one single thing from God. He sees everything we do; and more than that, He even knows what we think. We need to remember that.
Sometimes people have thought that the darkness hides things from God, but His Word tells us,
“The darkness hideth not from Thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to Thee.” Psa, 139:12.
If you have thought that God. does not see all you do, you should listen to what James’ sister told him. She turned to James and said.
“God can see right through the door.”
That wise remark was like an arrow from God to little James. For the first time in his life he realized that God was watching everything he was doing, and that he could not hide anything from Him. This was the beginning of a work of God, in his soul. Before long James got down on his knees, and told God he was a bad sinner, and that he wanted to be saved.
James was told that the Lord Jesus died on the cross to save sinners; and if he would believe in Him, he would be saved, and his sins would be forgiven. Soon James put his trust in the Lord Jesus, and believed He died FOR HIM on the cross. From that day to this he has known the joy of having all his sins cleansed by the blood of Jesus.
James is still living, although this incident happened 84 years ago. Now an old man, he is very happy in trusting in the Lord Jesus. He knows that this is being written about him, and he hopes that many boys and girls will remember,
“Thou God seest me.”
He is also praying that many dear children wiro read these lines will realize that they too are sinners, and will go and tell God all about it, and believe that Jesus died for them.
ML 06/29/1941