Nothing is Hid from God

“For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.” Mark 4:22

Like most children, when I was younger I often had a messy bedroom. Laundry unfolded and lying over chairs. Books and toys scattered like a minefield across the floor, legos waiting to be stepped on. I of course would evetually get them all picked up sometime, but more often than not my room was messy. 

I can recall a few times when I was told to go and clean my room. One of these times I looked at all of the mess that I had made and began contemplating where to begin to clean it up and where to put everything. It was then that an idea sprang into my head. Closing the door to make sure no one could see, I got down on my hands and knees and shoved everything under my bed. 

Confident that everything was completely hidden under my bed, I went and told my parents that I was done and my room was clean. At first glance my parents saw that the floor was spotless, but I guess they must have wondered how I had cleaned my room so fast, because what they did next suprised me. They knelt down on the floor… and looked under my bed, discovering my secret. Needless to say they made me dig it all out and pick it up properly.

Just like I tried to hid my toys and mess, some people will try to hid their sins. They might not think that anyone is watching, they might try to act like they haven’t sinned, but there is always One who sees everything. God sees everything that everyone does, and there is nothing that is hid from Him. 

Remember the old cartoons where someone is sweeping the floor with a broom and when they find a rug they look around to see if anyone is watching, and then they sweep it all under the rug? Some people try to do that with their sins. They try to sweep them under the rug and cover them up. Well eventually, one day, those sins will be discovered. 

“Some men’s sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after. 

Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.” 1 Timothy 5:24-25

God sees everything that you do, in the secret and in the open. Nothing is hid from Him, and there is nothing that He is unaware of. Jesus rebuked the Pharisees because they were trying to appear outwardly that they were righteous, but inside they were filled with uncleanness. 

“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.” Matthew 23:27

Do what is right all the time. Not only when it is convenient, or when you feel like it, but all the time. Everything will be revealed at Judgement Day, whether someone did good with their life or bad. Make sure that yours is filled with good.

“Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.” Psalm 44:21

In Christ,

Andrew