"He Watches Over Me"

"Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods." (Psalms 97:7)
Not that we are switching gears or anything, it just so happens, God would like to point something out to those of us who might not think He is watching all that we say and do. First of which, idols can really do nothing of the sort; they do not watch over you, you watch over them! It was a little vision that God gave me last night as I prepared to go to sleep; it involved someone cleaning and dressing up an idol, and then watching over it, as if in doing so, it would watch over them. Yes, that's right, expecting something from something that has no power to make it happen, whatsoever! There is your definition of "confounded;" to be confused is really an understatement, it's more like being disturbed and disgraced, followed by a whole lot of disappointment and failure of hope and expectation. Besides, when it comes to the ability to give life, especially eternal life, there is really only One God who can do that; He is the One that all of the world will worship, whether they feel like it or not. For all of us who worship Him now, the True and Living God, He is watching over us; not only do we believe that it is so, but we put all of our expectation in the hope that He does, from the time we go to sleep until the time we go to sleep again! In other words, if you trust that God watches over you to protect you and to plan out a purpose for your life, then you had better keep that thought alive when you do what you do when you think He is not looking. Even if you are behind closed doors, you don't hide anything from God; God knows the very thoughts that come into our minds, even those dreams that we entertain ourselves with in the middle of the night. That's a little scary, I know; but there is more to that word "confounded," things like being ashamed, or put to shame, to the point of being made to blush; just the opposite of those who have no shame because everything they do is brought out in the Light. It really is a good thing that God sees everything we say and do, especially when we are asking Him to forgive us of all of our sins, even the ones which we fail to notice ourselves; because they all have been dealt with on the cross...
""For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God."" (John 3:16-21) KJV