The Eye in the Sky

Scheduled Reading:
Ezekiel 10:1-11:25; Psalm 122:7-123:3; Proverbs 28:3-4; Hebrews 4:1-5:9

Selected Passage:
Hebrews 4:12

The Eye in the Sky is not just an Alan Parson's Project song.... (To listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1IXQ1pKl_Q - my generation of 80's fans will appreciate that). I am not about to try to throw my lot in with the scholars who have struggled to understand Ezekiel's vision of the wheels. However, a way to try to understand one aspect of the wheels - the fact that they and the cherubim were covered with eyes - is to say that the Lord God sees all and knows all; a fact not ignored by the New Testament writer of Hebrews 4:12 many years later.

God sees all and knows all about all. Everything is laid bare and vulnerable before HIM. We WILL give an account to HIM one day for all that he saw in our lives. That fact alone sends a shudder down my spine. The verse just prior to the mention that God knows and sees all is the fact that Scripture is alive and active; penetrating to the very heart of the matter; dissecting our thoughts and motives. His Word is infallible, authoritative, and gives life to those who heed it.

Spending time feasting on God's Word, letting it change our hearts, attitudes, and perspectives is the surest way to bring pleasure to the "eye in the sky" and bring a measure of hope and confidence to that day of reckoning we all so quickly approach.