"The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.... Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?" (Proverbs 15:3,11). "To the strangers scattered... elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you and peace be multiplied" (1 Peter 1:1,2).
The eyes of the Lord behold every place
And also look forward in time.
Nothing is hidden from His searching face,
No matter how small or sublime.
Looking through time at people's behavior,
The Lord saw the hearts of all those,
In foreknowledge, who would trust in the Savior,
And thus were elect ones He chose.
Marvelous thought! How good and how wise
The God of our salvation is!
How wondrous to know that He sets His eyes
On all those elected as His.
How great is our privilege and duty as well,
Who are by His grace set apart,
To live for the One who has save us from hell,
Obeying our Lord from the heart.
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