Summary
Pastor Angel's sermon focused on the profound truth that God's eyes are always on every individual, regardless of their actions, and how this awareness should be a source of freedom, confidence, and joy rather than fear. The sermon began with references to Scripture—specifically Proverbs 15:3, Hebrews 4:13, and Psalm 121:4—to emphasize God's omnipresence and omniscience. The pastor challenged the congregation to shift their perspective from questioning why God would watch them to recognizing that this truth reflects God's unconditional love (agape love), which is not earned but freely given. He used relatable examples, like the story of a friend persistently reaching out to someone who initially rejected him, to illustrate how God's love remains steadfast even when humans fail to reciprocate. The sermon also highlighted the uniqueness of each person as deliberate acts of divine creation and the privileges of being known by God before birth. Drawing from Revelation 22:13 and Jeremiah 29:11, the pastor emphasized trusting God's overarching plan and purpose for every believer's life, even in moments of imperfection. He unpacked how obedience, forgiveness, and awareness of God's presence can transform the Christian experience into one marked by gratitude, confidence, and a commitment to living out God's calling. The message concluded with a call to embrace the reality of God's love and the freedom it offers, encouraging the congregation to face challenges with the assurance that God is always with them.
Sermon transcription
They actually doesn't like the fact that God is looking at them. But we need to enjoy it. And why we need to enjoy it. I'm going to talk more about this. Now brothers and sisters let's read from Proverbs 15:3 Hebrews 4:13 and Psalm 121:4. So Pastor Angel has already read this in the beginning of our service up here on the screen. The eyes of the Lord are everywhere. Keeping watch on the wicked and the good. Keeping watch on the wicked and the good. So now when I read this the first time I thought okay God is looking at the wicked and the good. Are they two separate people? Right? So if you're looking at yourself brothers and sisters are you good all the time? Maybe not sometimes right? So that means that God is looking at us looking at you at the time when you are good and at the time that you probably missed it God still looking at us. Now in Hebrews 4:13 nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account. So brothers and sisters you might be able to keep secrets within you or with friends but it's not a secret to God. Psalm 121:4 indeed he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. In principle what this verse is telling us today his eyes God's eyes are on us 247. Now depending on how you perceive this it could be good news and could also be oh no type of response. So today brothers and sisters I would like to discuss and be able to talk with you. How could we basically change our perspective and be able to enjoy the fact that God is looking at us. Let's bow down our head and pray. Lord Jesus thank you for your blessings upon us and realizing once again that your eyes are on us Lord and thank you Jesus for you as the God who knows all knowing God that love us and thank you Jesus for this time bless each and every one of us connect us to the true understanding that comes from your holy spirit in Jesus name we pray amen so my question brothers and sisters why should God's eyes be on us every time from the verses that we have just read. Why should God be putting his eyes on us? Are we so lovable in his eyes? So if you for a few seconds pretend that you are God. Okay. Now look to your left and look to your right and said will I look at you 24/7 maybe when my eyes was my hairs was you know the style that my wife cut she will look at me 24/7 but on my hairs but there are many other things brothers and sisters that sometimes when we look at it that we realize that there is nothing we can offer to God to basically ask his attention 247 and I don't know about you brothers and sisters realizing and preparing this I feel much more the conviction that we probably underestimate and not utilizing this knowledge that God God's eyes is actually on us every time. Now if you keep this question in mind you basically cannot get into an answer. Why God so much looking at us? Unless this only answer and I I think in my opinion this is only mad love. I call it mad love between because there is just no reason. There's no reason for him. So it is only mad love that can explain that. It is just God's nature and it is called the agapella. Something that you do not deserve. We do not deserve but God look at us and loved us. Something that we never able to earn. Whatever we are going to do whatever sacrifice we're going to do this is something that will not earn the right to get God looking at us all the time. So it's not about us it's him. It's just his nature. It's just him and you can't change anything about it because this is God's nature. And many verses in the Bible brothers and sisters I'll read just a few of them just for you for us to know. And in 1 John 3:1 it said see that great love the father has left us on us that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are. We are children of God. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Not because God did not know them. God knows them the people in the world but they did not know God. Now you have the privilege that you know God and he knows you. Now the two comes together and brothers and sisters it's time for us to enjoy the fact that God loves us. And how are we going to enjoy it? We're going to discuss further about this brothers and sisters. But God demonstrates his own love Romans 5:8 while we were still sinners nothing actually deserve. We don't deserve anything. But Christ died for us when we were still sinners. And therefore brothers and sisters some few people said you know let me fix my life first before I come to the church. No when you are still sinners God love you already. So also when you want to go shower brothers and sisters are you cleaning yourself first before you go shower? No the shower is actually cleaning you right? So when we come to God when we want to fix our life when we want to fix things that we have probably done something wrong in the past and you want to fix it I think it goes both ways. It goes with God and it goes with us. We should be willing to surrender to God and God will be working in us to overcome the challenges we face. Amen. And so this is a profound and important basis for us to know that when God is looking at us he's not looking to basically check and punish you on the things that you do wrong. But what if you put it the other way around and he is your counselor that will always be with you. And if you do wrong he is there to help you and correct the course. Now brothers and sisters for me knowing this and when I'm pondering on this brothers and sisters sometimes I thought like making the question all the time why should God look at me? But what if we change the question? We know the fact that God loves us and we know the fact that God's eyes are on us. How could we basically benefit from the knowledge that God's eyes are on us? Instead of asking why God looking at me you then change the question how could I benefit for the fact that God is looking at me now? So brothers and sisters this is an important question for each and every one of us. And I think knowing the fact that God is the God that knows the all knowing God is a freeing feeling. So in our daily life brothers and sisters how often do you feel that God is with you? When you go to work how often do you realize that God is with you? When you are going shopping how often do you feel that God is with you? So awareness on the presence of God is so important that some people just take the time to be all the time with God. In the past and also these days some monks continue to stay in the place of learning about God right? So they want to be all the time in the presence of God. And in our situation today if you would be very honest today and look back to some of the days that you have how much do you actually said that you are aware that God's presence God's eyes are actually on you or you remember him at all? How much time would that be? Now this is the challenge brothers and sisters. So I have a few points that I would like to bring in right now. Now the fact that the eyes of God are on us. You like it or not he likes you. Right? You Amen. You like it or not he likes you. And brothers and sisters I probably have told you the story before. I have a friend who really liked this girl and the girl doesn't like him. He said you like it or not I like you. Right? And he keep on coming every Saturday to the house and to the place where she stays. And he just said I don't like you. Go away. Right? So close the door. And then the next Saturdays he come again and next Saturday he comes again and all those and at the time said oh you're so persistent anyway. He basically she basically give in and now they're married with a few children. So brothers and sisters you like it or not God likes you. Amen. So knowing this knowing this how could we enjoy this know this this this knowledge of God is liking us right is not to abuse the fact but actually to enjoy the presence right so when you are in the presence of the person you like would you enjoy it and you wish that the time actually stop so that you can forever enjoy that time. Have you ever got that feeling? Right? So you're enjoying catching up with friends loving eating enjoying the time and suddenly say oh sorry we need to go it's already 12:00 and midnight. Right? So you wish that the time stopped and you can continue talking. Now how could we enjoy those presents? How could we enjoy the time know having the knowledge that God is always with us? Now the very first thing brothers and sisters I think we should have the confidence in the fact that God know us before we even conceive in our mother's womb and that we are special and that we are unique. That's why God likes us. And can you imagine no one of us is exactly like somebody else in this planet earth. There's only one Reihard on this planet earth that just like me. It's only me. Maybe somebody else have the name Reihad somewhere else. But he or she or he doesn't look like me completely. And if you look to the right and to the left brothers and sisters do that and tell I'm glad that you're not exactly like me. How boring would it be if everybody just look the same right? That's why cloning won't work I don't think. And so we are unique. Jeremiah 15 before I form you in the womb this is God speaking to Jeremiah because he reasoned with God. Why me? Before I formed you in the womb uh I knew you before we were conceived in our mother's womb. Brothers and sisters God knows us. And before you were born I set you apart. I appointed you as prophet to the nation. That's when God is telling Jeremiah. So the same thing God is telling us today before we are conceived in our mother's womb God knows us. So don't question why my nose is not that long right? Because God created it specially and that is why it is you. And Psalm 139:13-14 for you created my inmost being. You kne me together in my mother's womb. So this is God's working. I praise you because I'm fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. I know that full well. I think the very first thing we need to enjoy is the freedom of the fact that God made us unique and special. And mind you brothers and sisters this easily said but there are so many people are trying to be somebody else. Be the best version of yourself because God is saying I made you unique. I made you the way and the uh and uh how you are today. Right? So some people keep on questioning why should I be born in this family and why should I be looking like this and all other things. Brothers and sisters this is the bondage that will be freed when we know that God is loving us and making us special. Right? And we should enjoy this freedom. I think the fact that God knows us from the very beginning of our life is freeing because otherwise you keep on asking and I myself brothers and sisters is not free from those in the beginning and I'm asking myself why should I not be tall that was one of my question to God before when I was a teenager right and one of the realization brothers and sisters when I came to the Netherlands that question was in me before. So the dots are very tall right? So 185 190 2m normal right? And then we went to an old castle an old castle an old place where at that time the door frame was just about 170 or less. 170. So for me I just need to walk through right without any problem. But my dad's friends will always need to bow to go through. And if they're not be very careful they hit and bump their head. And at that time I said thank God I'm not that tall. And so there are so many other reasons that that was just my ways of saying it. Brothers and sisters some are created that way. And if you are that now use the maximum what God created you for. Amen. And some people are very gifted with with music. Brother Michelle is very gifted with music. He use it for the glory of God right? And some are gifted with their voices and singing. Some are gifted in setting up things. Some are gifted on details. Some are gifted on bigger picture some are gifted on something else. You are made special and everybody compliment each other and don't be somebody else. So here brothers and sisters it seems simple but it is a great freedom knowing that God knows us and liked us whether we like us or not but God likes us. Why because he created us. He made us. And brothers and sisters if you still struggle on this there are many other things unique about you that you probably have not found yourself. So explore it with God. What it is that God has made you unique about and so many things. And you when you explore you'll realize oh this is something I actually enjoy to do and I'm good at it. And God is giving you that because he makes you special. That's the first thing a freedom that we need to enjoy this freedom. Second things is brothers and sisters the confidence on the story line of God's purpose in our life. Yeah. So when we know that we are made special and we are created by God. So in our life how does it looking like? Now this is really a very long section. I want your very maximum concentration. God is saying in Revelation 22:13 I am the alpha and the omega the first and the last the beginning and the end. Right? And so brothers and sisters the beginning and the end. Isaiah 46:10 say I made known the end from the beginning. So he knows how the story ends. Right. So and when you watch a movie you do not want spoiler. Yeah. Why because you want the thrill of looking at it and be surprised. In this case in this case God is offering you a spoiler. Now do you want to be surprised every time or you would like to know how it ends? Now so God is saying brothers and sisters I am the beginning and then the end. What about the thing in between? So my question when I'm reading and preparing this brothers and sisters why God have not said I am the beginning in the middle and the end but God is saying I'm the beginning and then the end. And by the way I am telling you the end from the beginning. Yeah. So the beginning the the things between the beginning and the end is basically you and God. It's between you and God. Right? So now brothers and sisters God has so many promises in the Bible for each and every one of us. He knows the beginning. We already discussed it that God makes you special and he also promises of his blessing along the way and at the end. Now in our life how do we enjoy this? So there are many others uh many other stories brothers and sisters. I'm always fascinated every time I read about the Israelite going from Egypt to the promised land. Right? God tells I am God. That's the beginning. And I am going to bring you to the promised land. That's the end right? And the and then basically if you follow me that's what God said. The journey only take 40 days. Now in between the beginning and in the end what did the Israelite do? They made so many mistakes. What is the consequence brothers and sisters? 40 days become 40 years. Now brothers and sisters when we know the freedom and the forgiveness of sins people should realize that this is not a license to sin. And every mistakes that we have has a consequences and is not to basically destroy you in so so to speak. And there are so many other example. David brothers and sisters God blesses him. God knows him from the beginning. And God also promise that he will keep his kingdom right before his life. Did he make mistake? He did. Is there any consequence on things that he did? There are. Now Solomon God is blessing him and God knows him from the beginning. There are mistakes that he did. And so many characters in the Bible brothers and sisters God tell the beginning and tell the end. Now my question to you what about you? Did God ever impress in you his promises in your life? We already know brothers and sisters the beginning of us God knows and the end God also knows. Now Jeremiah 29:11 these are very much cited by so many people about the plan of God for each and every one of us. And also for each and every one of you when I'm speaking when you're listening to God's words when we are you are pondering reading the Bibles or you are reading books about God or reading excerpt or you are listening to good podcasts brothers and sisters is there any promises in that time that speak life to you and so it is not to say that we will never have mistakes in our life. But one thing that God's promised when when we come and ask for forgiveness he will forgives us. Whatever big mistakes that is but the consequence of that mistake is something that may need time to reverse. But there are always be an error. So here is brothers and sisters the fact that there is a promise the story line the confidence on the story line on God's purpose for our life right is for us to glorify him and now I'm talking the the middle part so we talk about the beginning and we talk about the end the third point that I would like to make once we know that God's eyes is always on us. It give us confidence on God's blessing for obedience and forgiveness of our mistakes. So as I said before the things in between it is between you and God brothers and sisters. Psalm 112 verse1 praise the Lord. Blessed are those who fear the Lord and who find great delight in his commands. And then Deuteronomy 28 verse1 to2 this is so great of a blessing. If you have time brothers and sisters Deuteronomy 28 if you basically read that there's so many blessing that God has promised to the Israelites if they are obedience to God if you fully obey the Lord your God carefully and follow all these commands I give you today the Lord your God will set you high above all the nation on earth. All this blessing will come on you and accompanying you if you obey the Lord your God. Double dot basically if you have time you read it. It's a long long promises. Now does that means that the promises will void if you make mistake? The promises remains but it just take longer for you to enjoy. And I'm so sure when God impress things in your heart brothers and sisters and you make mistakes it's just delaying the time you're enjoying the next blessing coming. Because I realize more and more brothers and sisters that it is also the fact that we are still sinners. We will make mistakes but God's forgiveness and God's cleansing of on us makes us righteous. Right? So when you receive God as our Lord and Savior his blood cleanses us and make us righteous. And therefore in this brothers and sisters it is important for us to know when we are obedience knowing that God is looking at us when we are obedience to his will obedience to his commandment he will bless us. And so when you know that God is looking at us when you are aware that God is looking at us and when you are aware that his presence are with you right? We will be all the time being aware that God will guide us. And brothers and sisters and this is just a practice that I lately do um and I think it's so freeing is that every time I came into very important meeting that makes me that caused me a lot of preparation brothers and sisters and also other things that high state conversation I always said Lord you are with me. And so your wisdom is much greater than the wisdom of all the people I'm going to speak to. Guide me and help me. It gives me a good feeling. It gives me uh a confident brothers and sisters. Whatever it is highstake conversation that you have or anything that you would like to do I think this short prayer of be with me Lord in this situation will help each and every one of us. Amen. When you are tempted in this situation where where you you think it will be difficult God is saying that he is with you. Right? So this is also a situation that I think is how we going to enjoy the presence of the Lord and being aware that he's looking at us and it is so happen that we made mistakes. The promise still there is not coming there to punish you brothers and sisters. If we confess our sins he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. Amen. So instead of being afraid that God's eyes are on us all the time why don't we enjoy the presence of the Almighty God looking at us all the time caring of us all the time protecting us all the time. And so brothers and sisters I would like to leave you with this. We should be aware that God's eyes on us and we should enjoy that fact. Yeah. And in Isaiah 41 I'll close with this verse 10. So do not fear. This is the promise. God said God knows us from the beginning and he knows the end. And in between he said do not fear. I am with you. Do not be dismayed for I am God. I will strengthen you and I will help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Amen. So in any situation brothers and sisters difficult conversation you might face or decision that you need to take in all this why don't we be aware all the time that God is with us. When young people when you are studying and probably it's a challenging subject just make sure that you're aware and pray shortly and said Lord you are with me help me and I think that awareness will help us in any situation that you don't know where else to turn brothers and sisters turn to God. So today as I close this uh brothers and sisters I would like us to realize that the God God's eyes are on us and whether you like it or not he likes you. So why don't we enjoy the fact that God likes us and I would like very much to enjoy that. I mean imagine the creator of the universe likes you. My goodness. Where else? What else? Right. Amen. Amen. So imagine if if the king of the Netherlands likes you how much privilege we will have right? So and you probably need to earn it right? So um but in this case we don't need to earn it. And our dear sister Ching is part of the um the order of uh what do we call that sister Ching? Arasa or uh yeah reada so basically um because he's doing great things for the many people and the king award her with that uh with that medal. Our brothers and sisters we are awarded the children of God even before we were born. How beautiful would that be? And we should enjoy it. Now the thing is you should all the time realize this is because of God's grace and his agape love for each and every one of us. Amen. Hallelujah. Let's bow down our head and pray. Lord Jesus we are so thankful oh Lord knowing that you are crazily madly in love with us. Nothing that we can offer to deserve that love. But we are so thankful oh Lord that you love us even that we don't deserve it. Father I pray that may these words that we have received increase our confidence in you oh Lord. The freedom that you know us from the very beginning. The freedom that you have a script oh Lord Jesus for our future. The freedom that knowing that you are with us and will continue to be with us and to help us oh Lord from the very beginning towards the end. Father I pray for any worries or other questions or high stake conversation or many other different things that my brothers and sisters are facing. Today we want to declare and we want to be aware all the time that you are with us and you will never leave us nor forsake us. Oh Lord thank you for the love. May each and every one of us enjoy this love. Enjoy this fact that your eyes are on us. Enjoy the fact that you care for us. And father we pray for each and every one of us today and those who are joining us online and those who will be hearing these messages in one shape or another that Lord you will be continuously speaking to them that you love them that you love us and nothing can change that not even our mistakes that you love us. Thank you Jesus. Thank you for your forgiveness. Thank you for adopting us. Thank you for creating us. Thank you Lord for the many unique things that you have bestowed and given to us. May each and every one of us use those uniqueness Lord for the glory of your name. Bless each and every one of us in Jesus name we pray. Amen. Amen.