Have you ever noticed that you drive differently when a police car is near? I definitely do, and while my recent two speeding tickets have changed my driving actions enough on by themselves, the presence of an officer of the law has such an added influence on the manner in which I operated a vehicle. This leads me to a question. Is this right? It definitely has something to say about not only our culture, but people in general. Do what you want as long as no one is watching. It’s okay as long as you aren’t caught. Now while I have definitely been guilty of this mentality on the road (disclaimer: I am a responsible driver who has made a few mistakes and takes full responsibility for them) at times I cannot help but relate this mode of thinking to Christianity.
In Sunday school it is stressed that God is always watching. WWJD? Would you do this action if Jesus was in the room? Proverbs 15:3 states “The eyes of the LORD are in every place, watching the evil and the good.” So we have this knowledge that God is omnipresent, but how does this knowledge play out in our actions? I often feel that Christians, including myself, take this idea that God is everywhere—this idea that Christ is not just next to us but that we are in Christ and Christ is in us—and let it stay as this grand idea. Just as the presence of police officers hold drivers accountable so should the continuous omnipresence of God hold his children accountable. We cannot afford to dismiss this idea as trivial.
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