LITTLE readers, when you are busy working or studying, or happy in your play, do you ever stop to think that God is looking down upon you and sees all you do? When you are kind to your brothers and sisters, and to your little friends, —when you try to help your, parents,—God sees it all and it pleases Him.
But if you do something naughty, even though no one else sees it, God knows all about that, too. He sees the bad as well as the good.
“The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.”
Whether you are outside or inside, alone or with others, in the dark or in the light, —God sees everything you do, for His eyes “are in every place.”
A man and his little boy were once out in a field where there was a pile of potatoes. The potatoes did not belong to the man, but he was going to take some anyway, and put them in a sack, which he had with him.
He looked in all directions to see if anyone was watching, and then told his little boy to keep looking while he filled the sack.
But the little boy knew it was wrong to steal, and he had also learned that God sees all things. So he said to his father, “There is one way you forgot to look.”
The man was frightened and dropped the potatoes, wondering which way he had not looked. How many of you know? I think some of you have already answered the question.
Yes, he had forgotten to look up!
And now can you tell me who was looking down upon him from above? I am sure you can.
I hope that when any of you are tempted to do wrong, you will remember to look up. Do not think you can ever hide anything from God. But always say to yourself, “Thou God seest me!” Genesis 16:1313And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me? (Genesis 16:13).
ML 05/31/1903