Chapter 8

Accountability

            We should strive for sanctification because we are accountable to God. It is our destiny. We may not be dancing in the aisles because of it, but it is something that we are destined to face. Not all our destiny is something to write home about joyfully. Yet, in the end it is for our good; as all things from God are good. If we weren’t accountable, we could do as we please and bring shame upon Him and His Kingdom. It is necessary that we live our lives to His glory, not our pleasures.

Can’t Hide Things:

            All is open to His eyes:  

Hebrews 4:13
13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.

            “You can run, but you can’t hide” is the saying. This is definitely true with God. There is nowhere we can run that He can’t find us. We also can’t hide anything from Him. I once heard an easy way to remember what the word omniscient means … He knows it. Whatever we’ve said, done, or thought He knows it. In fact He knew we were going to do it before we even thought about doing it.

Since we can’t hide anything from Him, then why try to? He isn’t this way to be mean and punish us. He only wants what is best for us, and this is what will bring us closer to Him and His way of behaving.

If you could hear God speak, I believe this is what He would say:

            "You are My children, and I see your every move. That is not something to fear, but something to embrace. For I do not watch over you to punish you but to protect you from harm … harm from others and from yourself. You should not fear My oversight, but relish it. I do not do it to harm you, but to bring you into My glory here on earth. It is not that I delight is showing you the bad things you do. It is that I desire that you walk in My righteousness and to know My peace. You cannot know them without My oversight. You would do and say things that would hurt others if I did not watch over you. Trust Me that I will bring you into My freedom … the freedom of the children of God.”

            73. I have nothing to hide from Him, for all things that I say, do, or think are open to His eyes.