The LORD is aware of all that is going on. I know, that is something that is certainly a given. But I believe that we may forget, or avoid that fact as we go through this world. It does not matter what it is that I am doing, God is always aware of my actions. Some of those actions are righteous and pleasing to Him and others, not so much.

“¹⁵The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous

and his ears toward their cry.

¹⁶The face of the LORD is against those who do evil,

to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

¹⁷When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears

and delivers them out of all their troubles.

¹⁸The LORD is near to the brokenhearted

and saves the crushed in spirit.”

— Psalm 34:15-18 (ESV)

Notice the wording here in the Psalms. The LORD is paying attention fully to the righteous. He sees them, hears them, delivers them, and saves them. And what about those who are not righteous? Remember, that only the LORD can declare one as righteous. I am unknown to be righteous on my own. It takes God to recognize it and declare it. I can only do righteous actions and have hope, or the confident expectation that the LORD will see me, hear me, deliver me, and save me as as result of those actions.

Then there are those who do evil. This is not those that backslide and are not doing righteous actions, this is those who are intentionally doing things against the LORD. Notice that the LORD will not see, hear, deliver, or save them. He will in fact cut them off from the rest of the world. The LORD is aware, yet He will not acknowledge them as His to be seen, heard, delivered, or saved when they are taking of the evil actions.

Now, if everyone has the chance to turn to the LORD, where does this put those who are not seen, heard, delivered, or saved. That is where those righteous actions done in the name of the LORD play out. It is those righteous actions of bringing the good news to everyone where all have that chance to find the LORD. Even those who do evil. Those bringing the good news are holding to the righteous actions of the LORD and He is aware. And those who receive the good news and take Him into their heart and turn to Him and away from evil, will be seen, heard, delivered, and saved.

It is the full commitment to the LORD and the good news that was shared that turns our actions from self-centered to God-centered and in doing so, those actions become righteous and now the LORD sees, hears, delivers, and saves.

Again, these actions and the acceptance of the LORD do not make us righteous, only our actions can be righteous and in line with His plan. Continued righteous actions and my hearts full devotion to the LORD is where I have to be. When I am there, maybe the LORD will count me as righteous. But again, that is not for me to worry with, I am only to do the will of the LORD as I know that He is aware.

What actions are you doing? Are you seen, heard, delivered, and saved by the LORD? What if you focused your attention on doing the righteous actions and devoting your heart to the LORD knowing that He is aware?