Under His Watchful Eye

All men, if they work not as in the great taskmaster's eye, will work wrong, and work unhappily for themselves and for you.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881, Scottish philosopher, author)

Col 1:21-23
And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds, yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach -- if indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister. NASU

So in fact all work that we do now must be done with our mind engaged and our hearts united with our Lord. We are to be constantly aware that our Great Taskmaster’s Eye is upon us. Now a hostile and alienated mind does not like that thought, mostly because they like to reserve a hidden spot in their lives for evil deeds.

It is not faith and belief to maintain within us a place for rebellion and that is what it is, a refuge for hostility and evil deeds. When we ask Jesus into our hearts, it is without reservation, without hostile intentions of future rebellion. We don’t give God a line in the sand and say we will only go this far, we give Him our all.

Jesus has reconciled us with His precious blood in holiness, to make us blameless and beyond reproach, but that relationship can only happen between us if we allow Him to grow within us unrestrained and without limits. Then we can walk under His constant love and care, and become established and steadfast, always moving forward in the most important mission ever proclaimed in all creation…God Bless.

Pastor William