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We All Have To Do With God

We All Have To Do With God

Every one of us must deal with God. Every one of us must, at some time, face God. Every one of us must be prepared to give an account to God. For, as Scripture says, “Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do” or “to whom we must give account” (Hebrews 4:13). F.B. Meyer once reflected on this reality, then charged his readers to consider the fact carefully and to prepare themselves well.


We all have to do with God. You cannot break the connection.

You must do with Him as a rebel, if not as a friend,
on the ground of works, if not on the ground of grace,
at the great white throne, if not in the fleeting days of time.

You cannot do without God. You cannot do as you would if there were no God. You cannot avoid having to do with Him, for even though you were to say there was no God, doing violence to the clearest instincts of your being, yet still you would breathe His air,
eat His provender,
occupy His world,
and stand at last before His bar.

The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous. His eyes run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward Him.

Do you want guidance? Look up! those eyes wait to guide by a glance.
Are you in sorrow? They will film with tears.
Are you going astray? They shall beckon you back, and break your heart, as they did Peter’s.

You will come to find your heaven in the light radiated by the eye of God, when once you have learned to meet it, clad in the righteousness of Jesus.

Unconverted reader, remember there is no screen from the eye of God. His eyes are as a flame of fire; and our strongest screens crackle up as thinnest gauze before the touch of that holy flame. Even rocks and hills are inadequate to hide from the face of Him that sits upon the throne.


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