Have you ever been in a distant place, only to bump in to someone from home?
  Those who have traveled know this experience. These were the times when you were hundreds of miles away from home, but stumbled into a familiar face in a supermarket, in a shopping mall or while attending a public activity. Some learn that our neighbor saw us much earlier, from across a room or from a distance in the crowd, and had been watching us before speaking. It lets you know what a small world in which we live. There are very few places we can go in this world and not be seen.
   The little children play hide and go seek in the house. Where can anyone hide in your house that they cannot be found?  There are just so many places you can hide. They are usually always found even those who hide themselves in closets, cupboards, under beds and even in the dirty clothes hamper.
   We all have our hiding places. Corrie Ten Boom wrote of her secret sanctuary from the Nazis in her book the "The Hiding Place.”  Ali Baba and the 40 thieves of the Arabian Nights hid themselves inside of a mountain whose door only opened with the words "Open Sesame.” The prophet Elijah tried to hide from King Ahab under a Juniper Tree.
    We go to our hiding places because we don’t want to be seen.
    It’s an eerie feeling to be watched in secret. In 2002 a Monroe woman, Susan Wilson, was the victim of a neighbor who installed video cameras all over her house, including her bedroom, and recorded everything. When discovered, prosecutors were frustrated because while there were laws about unlawful entry, and peeping toms, there were no laws about installing cameras in a neighbor’s house. Wilson went on a campaign to get laws changed; nine states now have video voyeurism laws.
    Very few people relish being watched in secret. So we install curtains, and blinds in homes, darkly tint the windows in our cars, protect our email passwords, and register in hotels under assumed names when we don’t want to be discovered. But, suppose I told you that despite our best efforts at remaining anonymous, that God knows who we are, where we are, how we got where we are and why?
    It might be a surprise to some, but God knows all of our identities and hiding places and even our thoughts. He has written it in his word. Psalms 139:2-3 says, "Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thoughts afar off. Thou compasseth my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways." It means God knows and sees everything we do. He sees us, even though we can’t see Him.
   As Christians, we are aware that God knows all about us. He keeps his eye on us, not to spy on us, but to protect us, provide for us and direction. It should give us a sense of security to know that He sees us, even though we can’t see Him.