There is a song in which the people sing, “We are the world” and later in the song they sing “God is watching us from a distance.” Obviously this sounds good to those singing and to others, but not to me. The world is the enemy of God. (1) and the god of this world is Satan.(2) Jesus said, “Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”(3) It is through faith in Jesus that the believer also conquers the world.(4) Those of the world are against God and are conquered. They just don’t realize it yet.
The saying, “God is watching us from a distance,” is correct because King David in the Old Testament writes, “…the proud he knoweth afar off.”(5) They acknowledge not being right with God for God resists the proud. (6) This is not a distance of space, but of an attitude of the heart. Consider the following example, in a room a team of company representatives and team of union representative are locked in a debate over a union contract. It can be said that they are distant, in terms of their positions on the contract, even though they are in the same room. If you ignore someone that approaches you physically, it could be said that you are distant to that person. You cannot say God is in heaven and we are on the earth so what can God know. Actually “ The eyes of the Lord are in every place beholding the evil and the good.”(7) God fills the heaven and earth,(8) there is no place where one can go but what God is not already there.(9) He even knows our hearts. (10)
The apostle John writes, “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof, but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever.”(11)
The saying, “God is watching us from a distance,” is correct because King David in the Old Testament writes, “…the proud he knoweth afar off.”(5) They acknowledge not being right with God for God resists the proud. (6) This is not a distance of space, but of an attitude of the heart. Consider the following example, in a room a team of company representatives and team of union representative are locked in a debate over a union contract. It can be said that they are distant, in terms of their positions on the contract, even though they are in the same room. If you ignore someone that approaches you physically, it could be said that you are distant to that person. You cannot say God is in heaven and we are on the earth so what can God know. Actually “ The eyes of the Lord are in every place beholding the evil and the good.”(7) God fills the heaven and earth,(8) there is no place where one can go but what God is not already there.(9) He even knows our hearts. (10)
The apostle John writes, “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof, but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever.”(11)
How about you, my friend? Do you prefer to be of the world or would you like to abide with God forever? It is God’s will that you believe on Jesus, repent of your sins, and invite Jesus into your heart.(12) A simple prayer which you can pray today is, “Lord Jesus Christ, forgive me of my sins and come into my heart.” At that point, and only then, can you become a “child of God.”
1 – James 4:4
2 – 2 Corinthians 4:4
3 – 1 John 5:4
4 – 1 John 5:5
5 – Psalm 138:6
6 – James 4:6
7 – Proverbs 15:3
8 – Jeremiah 23:24, 1 Kings 5:27
9 – Psalm 139:7=12
10 – Proverbs 15:11
11 – 1 John 2:15=17
12 - Acts 17:30
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