Private Thoughts are Not Private

“And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, [every one of] them.” (Eze 11:5 AV)

We use the term “private thoughts” in many different ways.  We describe a journal as a record of our private thoughts.  These thoughts are to be honored and not revealed.  Some times we talk to ourselves and when asked what we said, we respond they were just private thoughts.  To discover another’s private thoughts are to violate the individual him or herself.  There is an implied liberty in private thoughts.  The right to have thoughts one probably shouldn’t have yet we feel entitled to express them in a private manner just because we have them.  With the LORD, there are no private thoughts.  Every thought, feeling, and attitude are known to the God who knows all!

As a child, I never really got into the whole ‘journal’ thing.  I may have tried it once.  Perhaps a few pages of a diary.  But after a few weeks, it got to be more of a chore than anything else.  And besides, once the expression was made and there were no more feelings to record, things began to be made up.  Or, worse, we accessed the deepest and darkest part of our heart and manufactured thoughts and feelings that were not there to begin with!  If we would consider that this diary will be found and read by everyone with whom we had an issue, the diary would never have been written.

Now, consider the LORD!  He knows all our thoughts!  Whatever enters our minds, He is aware of!  Every thought of impurity, guile, envy, jealousy, malice, or unholiness; God knows it all!  Even if we entertain sin, yet never act upon it, God still knows.  That diary is open as it is being written!  This is why Paul tells us to bring every thought into captivity!  Just remember, God knows!  And, God remembers!