Chapter XXI: Thou, God, Seest Me

God’s penetrating eye. Rev. i 14.

I. He sees _all_. Prov. v. 21.

Bad and good. Prov. xv. 3.

II. _Where_ does He see you?

1. He sees the mother _in secret_. Matt. vi. 6.

Each secret prayer—each sigh—each tear.

No privacy from Him. Eccles. xii. 14. Ps. xix. 12. Jer. xxiii. 24.

Many would give worlds to hide from God.

2. In her _daily path_. Job, xxxiv. 21. Ps. cxxxix. 3.

3. In _every circumstance_. 2 Chron. xvi. 9.

III. _What_ does He see?

1. The mother’s _heart_. Jer. xx. 12. 1 Sam. xvi. 7. Her motives—desires—yearnings.

You may deceive _others_. You may even deceive _yourselves_, ‘but all
things are naked, and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to
do.’ Heb. iv. 13. Luke, xvi. 15.

2. The mother’s _sins_. Ps. xix. 12; xc. 8. Isa. lvii. 18. Amos, v. 12.

Sins of omission and commission.

3. The mother’s _sorrows_. Exod. iii. 7.

Both inward and outward trials. 2 Kings, xx. 5. Ps. cxlii. 3. Acts,
vii. 34.

There are many sorrows it is not well for a wife and mother to speak of
to others, but take comfort! Your Saviour knows each grief—each
trouble—each tear for your own sins or the sins of others.

4. The mother’s _need_. Matt. vi. 8, 32.

And He promises to supply it. Ps. xxiii. 1. Philip, iv. 19.