all are naked and exposed

For his eyes are on the ways of a man,

and he sees all his steps.

There is no gloom or deep darkness

where evildoers may hide themselves.

Job 34:21-22

You cannot hide from God. You can reject Him. You can scoff at the thought of His existence. You can try to explain away good and evil as psychological constructs created by humans for social order. You can do all this, and smugly go on about your life, but You will not hide from God Who knows and sees and understands it all. No evil hides from His scrutiny. No righteous deed is unknown. God sees every step and every blunder and every spark of His image in us.

And this all knowing, all seeing God holds us to His standard of holiness. We fall far short. He is thus our judge. This is implicit in the biblical teaching that God sees all our ways and that we cannot hide from Him. It is as early in human history as the first fig leaf reaction hiding in the garden after the Fall. It is as current as “stealth browsing” and VPN’s on our electronics. Yet no matter how much we may cover our tracks, we will all be responsible to God. He holds each human being responsible for his or her actions. This is an inescapable reality according to the scriptures. No one gets a pass on the explanation of every action. No one can do evil and hide it from God, though no other human may ever know.

The New Testament amplification of this truth is Hebrews 4:13: “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.” And this calls us to hold fast our confession because our Great High Priest, Jesus, know how we struggle with temptation and gives us His mercy and grace so we don’t have to live in the consequences of our sin any longer (Hebrews 4:14-16).