The King’s Eyes
There is no matter hid from the king.
2 Samuel 18:13
The very attributes which are full of terror to the King's enemies are full of comfort to the King's friends. Thus His omniscience is like the pillar, which was "a cloud and darkness" to the Egyptians, but "gave light by night" to the Israelites.
Joab, King David’s own general complained of a man who did not act precisely as he himself would have acted. In the man’s reply he uses these words, "There is no matter hid from the king." The appeal was final, and Joab had no more to say. When others say, like Joab, "Why didst thou not do so and so?" and we know or find that full reasons cannot be given or cannot be understood, what rest it is to fall back upon the certainty that our King knows all about it! When we are wearied out with trying to make people understand, how restful it is that no explanations are wanted when we come to speak to Him!
"All things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do"; and the more we have to do with Him, the more glad and thankful we shall be that there is not anything hid from the King.
Oh, let our adoration for all that He hath done
Peal out beyond the stars of God, while voice and life are one!
And let our consecration be real, and deep, and true;
Oh, even now our hearts shall bow, and joyful vows renew!
Meet the author:
Frances Havergal
1836–1879
Frances Havergal was a British author, poet, and hymn writer. Best known today for her hymns such as “Take My Life and Let it Be” and “Like a River Glorious,” Havergal also wrote more than a hundred other hymns as well as spiritual poems and rich devotional books. Havergal’s writings contain rich theological truths in the moving style of a poet.