How to recognize God watching you

Do you believe that God is too busy to pay attention to you? Do you think He doesn’t know you exist or that He doesn’t care because there are so many other “more worthy” people to look after and interact with?  I think we all have entertained these thoughts. If you are troubled with such notions, maybe this will help.

“Recognizing God’s Presence in Your Life 101”

1. Is this it?

You may have all you need and then some.  You may live a life of fun and adventure,  have all the toys you could ever want and have need of nothing yet you wonder, “Is this all there is?” or, “There must be more than this.”  This is a void speaking in your heart which has been placed there by God and nobody but God is allowed to enter it.  It is reserved for Him and when He has not been invited there by you, you feel its emptiness.  The only way to find the answer to “Is this all there is?” is to give God what He wants: His place in your heart.

2.  It’s just a few bucks.

On the job, do you fudge the books a little, or take a few pills from the med drawer?  Do you spend the work day on the phone with a friend or produce less widgets than you could? You reason that your boss can afford it, but your conscience tells you that what you are doing is dead wrong.  This is not a case of scrupulosity, but the Holy Spirit trying to correct his naughty child.  God is telling you He loves you and wants you to behave.  He sees every nickel you take and every minute you waste. If He didn’t care about you, you would not feel the guilt.

3.  I don’t know why I feel lonely.

If you have no reason to be lonely but you have this ever abiding feeling of loneliness, it is your heart and soul yearning to be Home with the Lord.  You don’t necessarily want to die right now, but you pine for the time when you will be where all tears will be wiped away and all will say “Let us go into the House of the Lord!” It is also God pining for you and for the day when you will be with Him and see Him as He is!