Psalm 69:5-6 You know my folly, O God; my guilt is not hidden from you. May those who hope in your not be disgraced because of me, O Lord Almighty; may those who s eek you not be put to shame because of me, O God of Israel.
“Wherever we go, whatever we do, people are watching.” That ought to give us pause for thought. However, even more cause for reflection is the reality that God sees it all. Either we believe in the omniscience and omnipresence of God or we don’t. The reality is that we live as those He didn’t, at least that He is not able to see or care about what we do.
Just as one cough sprays bacteria and viruses into the air to infect the next unsuspecting passerby, so do our actions communicate ways to live, ideas to practice for the next unsuspected by us passerby. Just as the bacteria and viruses may cause others to become ill, so may our life actions cause others to sin.
I love watching my two youngest grandchildren at play...they are learning constantly, sometimes by trial and error, sometimes by watching a grown-up, or on-the-way-to being-grown-up. These little people look around them, when they encounter something new, to see how others handle it. They try out new ideas they have heard, or whether we like it or not, that we have taught them.
Tommy was two when I packed a little plastic sandwich bag with snacks, giving it to him "as snacks for the trip." Two months later, after a visit and when they were getting ready to leave, he came to me and asked for "the snacks for the trips." One time and he had learned something new!
What a reminder that we are constantly teaching others, and that we do not want to teach them anything that would dishonor God, whether it is the use of certain words, the way we use those words, what we teach them is acceptable to watch or listen to for entertainment, or even eat or wear.
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