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👁️ The Lamp of the Lord Proverbs 20 and the Omniscient Gaze of God · Divine Timing

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  Speaker 1: As I study the book of Proverbs, something becomes glaringly
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  Speaker 1: clear to me. Most people read through these ancient pages
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  Speaker 1: and only observe wise sayings. True enough. But I see
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  Speaker 1: something else. Do you know what it is? It is
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  Speaker 1: a reflection of God seeing everything that is happening on
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  Speaker 1: the earth right now. Think about it. He is on
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  Speaker 1: his throne, with the earth as his footstool, looking down
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  Speaker 1: and observing every single event. And his thoughts? They are
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  Speaker 1: right here in front of us, captured in the pages
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  Speaker 1: of Scripture, with Proverbs chapter 20 as one of the
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  Speaker 1: prime examples. Now, someone might tell me, David, this is
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  Speaker 1: just something that Solomon wrote down a long time ago.
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  Speaker 1: True enough. But who inspired him to write these things?
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  Speaker 1: Who said, I am going to grant you wisdom more
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  Speaker 1: than any other before you? The only one wiser than
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  Speaker 1: Solomon was Jesus himself, and the Lord mentioned this specifically
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  Speaker 1: to the Pharisees in Matthew 12, 42. When we read Proverbs,
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  Speaker 1: we are not just reading the wisdom of a king,
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  Speaker 1: we are reading the omniscient perspective of the Creator. Let
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  Speaker 1: us break down Proverbs chapter 20 together, because it pulls
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  Speaker 1: back the curtain on how God sees us. Look at
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  Speaker 1: verse 12. God designed our sensory organs, which means He
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  Speaker 1: perfectly understands how we perceive the world, but more importantly,
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  Speaker 1: It means his own eyes and ears are infinitely superior.
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  Speaker 1: He sees the hidden motives. He hears the silent prayers.
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  Speaker 1: Look at verse 5. A plan in the heart of
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  Speaker 1: a person is like deep water, but a person of
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  Speaker 1: understanding draws it out. The human heart is a deep,
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  Speaker 1: dark ocean of hidden agendas, secret sins, and unspoken pride.
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  Speaker 1: Jeremiah 17.9 tells us the heart is deceitful above all things.
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  Speaker 1: But God is the ultimate person of understanding. He draws
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  Speaker 1: out the deep water. There is nowhere for us to hide.
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  Speaker 1: It is all exposed before the throne. And then, verse
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  Speaker 1: 9 hits us with a devastating question. Who can say,
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  Speaker 1: I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin?
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  Speaker 1: The answer is no one. Not Solomon, not the Pharisees,
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  Speaker 1: not you, not me. We are all stained. But look
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  Speaker 1: at verse 27. The spirit of a person is the
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  Speaker 1: lamp of the Lord, searching all the innermost parts of
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  Speaker 1: his being. Your conscience is God's searchlight. It is his
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  Speaker 1: lamp shining into the deepest, darkest corners of your soul,
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  Speaker 1: exposing every hidden fault. Verse 24 reminds us, The sovereign
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  Speaker 1: God is ordering our steps. So what do we do
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  Speaker 1: when the lamp of the Lord exposes our sin and
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  Speaker 1: the omniscient King sees our deep water? We do not
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  Speaker 1: run from him in shame. We run to the cross
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  Speaker 1: in repentance. We look up to heaven and say, Lord, yes,
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  Speaker 1: we know you are watching us. It is evidently clear
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  Speaker 1: by these wise sayings that your eyes run to and
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  Speaker 1: fro throughout the whole earth. You see the hearts of
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  Speaker 1: every single person. There is nowhere for us to hide.
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  Speaker 1: It is all exposed. But thank you for the blood
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  Speaker 1: of Jesus, which cleanses us from all unrighteousness. He who
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  Speaker 1: testifies to these things says, Surely I am coming quickly. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: Even so, come, Lord Jesus. Revelation 22.20 God be with you, Church.
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  Speaker 1: Until next time, this is David signing off.