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These words of God given through the Prophet Isaiah 2700 years ago, are certainly ever new and should be reflected upon by us all in our day. We read in the newspapers every day of the corruption that has gone on in high places, which comes to light some time later, and we all think to ourselves, “How much more goes on that we do not know about?” These people did these things believing that they were in the dark, thinking to themselves, “Who can see it, and who will ever find out?” We in our daily lives, must remember that we too, are often tempted to fall into this trap with the things we do, think, and say against others. We too often think to ourselves, “Who will know?” The text proclaims a woe to those who think that it is not seen. The all-seeing eye of the Lord sees and hears all, and remember, also records it all. The Prophet Daniel declared in 2: 22, “He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness and the light dwelleth with him”. The Prophet Jeremiah in 23:24 asked, “Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord”.
When Christ was on earth He warned us of the things we do in this life which we think are in secret in Luke 8:17 “For nothing is secret that shall not be made manifest; neither anything hid that shall not be known and come abroad”.
When Christ uses the word “nothing” He means it in its fullness and meaning, no matter how small or large. We cannot justify our actions by thinking it is only a small thing, it should not matter. Even our thoughts, which we think only we have control of, are not hid from God. Christ while on earth proved He had the power to discern people’s thoughts, and in many places, it is recorded, “and Jesus knew their thoughts”.
When we then come to the realization that we cannot think, speak, or do anything that is not known of God, it teaches us to be more careful in life. We know that we all sin and fall from time to time, so is there a way in which we can then have these things removed from our record so that it will not be known and come abroad? Yes, of course there is a way. Apostle James writes of this in James 5:16 “Confess your faults one to another, and pray one to another, that ye may be healed”. So, we see that if we can confess to our brother or sister to doing something in secret against them, this, coupled with prayer, will remove that record from the list of things recorded against our life.
If we have done something against someone who believes in the Lord, we have done it against the Lord. This then requires us to also confess to the Lord of our sins, so we have it wiped off our records. Apostle John in 1 John 1:9, “If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness”.

It is good to be aware that we are being watched at all times, for not only our bad things are recorded, but also those good things that we do for others in secret are credited to our account without us even knowing it. They remain forever. This knowledge should spurn us on at all times to live by the Golden Rule given us by our Lord in Matthew 7:12 “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them”.