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  HIS WINDOW IN ALL OUR HEARTS
  by Thomas Brooks
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Summary: To live a holy life, we must have a serious apprehension of
God's presence and remember that His omniscient eye sees all.

Topics: "God's Omniscience", "Pursuit of Holiness"
Scripture References: Job 31:4, Psalm 119:168, Psalm 139:1, Proverbs 15:3, Hebrews 4:13

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Thomas Brooks emphasizes the profound impact of God's omniscient
presence on our lives, illustrating how awareness of God's watchful eye
can elevate our pursuit of holiness. He draws parallels between the
diligence of a student under a teacher's gaze and the believer's conduct
when recognizing God's constant observation. Brooks urges that a serious
acknowledgment of God's presence should inspire us to strive for higher
degrees of holiness, as we cannot deceive the all-seeing God. He
concludes that if the awareness of God's scrutiny does not motivate us,
nothing else will.

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"Does He not see my ways and number all my steps?"

Job 31:4

The eye of God had so strong an influence upon Job's

heart and life, that it wrought him up to a very high

pitch of holiness. The scholar writes most exactly while

his teacher's eye is upon him; and the child walks most

exactly while his father's eye is upon him; and the servant

works most exactly while his master's eye is upon him;

and so certainly all the sons and servants of the most

high God do hear most exactly, and pray most exactly,

and walk most exactly--when they see themselves as

in the presence of the great God--who is all sight, who

is all eye!

Ah friends! as ever you would be high in holiness, have

a serious apprehension of God's presence; set yourselves

daily as in His sight, as under His eye. Remember, though

a man may easily baffle his conscience, and deceive the

world--yet he shall never be able to baffle or deceive

God's omniscient eye! God has His window in all our

hearts, and exactly and narrowly observes all that is

done within us, and all that is done by us!

If the serious consideration of His sharp, piercing,

all-seeing eye will not influence us to labor after the

highest degrees of holiness, I know not what will.

"I have kept Your precepts and decrees, for all

my ways are before You." Psalm 119:168

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