Contemplative Bible Reading

Isaiah 29: 15 (New International Version)

Woe to those who go to great depths
to hide their plans from the LORD,
who do their work in darkness and think,
“Who sees us? Who will know?”

How foolish. The thought that we can hide our plans from God, that we can go someplace where he cannot see us and not know what we are planning. How dark does it have to be so that God cannot see through the dark to find us?

But then there is the opposite side of this.

When we plan to do something for God’s glory, He knows it. When we are trapped in darkness, He sees us. He knows our thoughts and hears our prayers. There is no place we can go physically, there is no place we can be emotionally and spiritually that is too far from God. He will be there with us.

God, help me always to remember your sight, your reach, your hearing and knowledge. Don’t let me fool myself into thinking that I can hide from you. Always have me to remember that you are with me and blessing me.