In the sight of God, who gives life to everything…
Summary: Paul’s opening words to this passage provide an inspiring peek at the source of life.
Speaking of Paul’s sentences that run on for a full paragraph, here is another one! Let’s begin by examining his opening words because they are worth a few minutes of our time.
“In the sight of God, who gives life to everything…”
Paul can’t see Timothy when he is writing his letter, but he knows God can. He also knows God sees him as well. God sees us all!
That has to be a comforting thought for Paul as he writes to his “true son in the faith” (1 Timothy 1:2). God’s family might seem spread out over the far reaches of the entire world, but no matter how far apart they are, God is keeping track. No one is ever “lost” in God’s family.
Speaking of God, Paul points out that this is the God who “gives life to everything.” That is an interesting thing to think about as well.
I don’t know this for a fact, but I don’t believe that God can create us and the whole universe we live in and just “walk away” to leave it run on its own. That is not to say God couldn’t walk away if he wanted to, but rather that if he did, everything would go *Poof!* and simply stop existing. We need God! He “gives life to everything…”
This reality, that God is the source of life, changes how we see things.
Instead of imagining ourselves lost, alone, and forgotten, it helps to know that we are “in the sight of God.” Always.
Even when we are hurting, or someone is hurting us, God knows.
Do you think God likes to see us hurting each other? No, of course not. That is the real irony of life. When people want to know, “Why is there evil in the world?,” all we have to do is look in the mirror and see “evil” looking right back at us.
This is why God commands us to love (Matthew 22:37-40).
First, to love him, because he is love (1 John 4:8). Secondly, because if we are loving our neighbor, we are not going to be hurting them.
Application: Love (agapē).
Food for Thought: What happens when people imagine that God is not watching?
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