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Then the LORD said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the leaders of Israel are doing with their idols in dark rooms? They are saying, ‘The LORD doesn’t see us; He has deserted our land!’”

Ezekiel 8:12

“This is the most hopeless stage and state of pollution.” – G. Campbell Morgan

“Is it quite certain that evil thoughts and imaginations have not imprinted themselves on the walls of the heart? Ah, it may be so. What seems fair and beautiful in the eye of man may be concealing terrible secrets, open only to that of God.” – F.B. Meyer

We deceive ourselves when we think:

• God doesn’t have night vision or that He cannot see in the dark.
• Sunday worship in our house of worship cancels, or makes up for, what we do in the dark.
• Our heart cannot lead us astray.

Genesis 16:13 (NLT)
Thereafter, Hagar used another name to refer to the LORD, who had spoken to her. She said, “You are the God who sees me.” She also said, “Have I truly seen the One who sees me?”

The God who sees: El Roi (El-Ro-ee’)

These words might generate great peace, or ensue great panic.

• O LORD, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways.
  Psalm 139:1-2 (ESV)
• The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.
  Proverbs 15:3 (ESV)
• Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the LORD. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the LORD.
  Jeremiah 23:24 (ESV)
• And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
  Hebrews 4:13 (ESV)

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Neat to know.

Ezekiel owned a home, and was well thought of in the community. The leaders came to his home.

Then on September 17, during the sixth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, while the leaders of Judah were in my home, the Sovereign LORD took hold of me.
Ezekiel 8:1

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What do I attempt to hide that is in plain sight of the Lord?