Our Sophisticated God

“[Though] hand [join] in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.” (Pr 11:21 AV)

Though hand join in hand is a pretty encompassing condition.  It matters not how much the wicked collude.  God sees it all, and all will be made right.  It doesn’t matter how much the wicked think they are secret and safe.  God is a God who sees all.  It amazes me just how secret we think our lives and choices are.  We forget that our Creator is everywhere, all the time.  We forget there is nothing He does not know.  He knows every thought and intention of the heart.  He knows it all.  The ridiculous notion that a secret conspiracy can be successful is beyond the absurd.  Just because man cannot discern it does not suggest God is ignorant as well.  Though hand join in hand, God sees it anyway!

A study of history will reveal many conspiracies to commit treason or crimes that were so massive, it boggles the mind.  From the assassination of Julius Ceaser to modern government operations, the millennia of human history tell of successful and not so successful plans of men to change the course of history.  Or get away with a large-scale crime.  Documentaries regarding well-known crime syndicates are popular.  Even more popular are films based on the same subject matter.  Conspiracy theories abound because the nature of man makes them probable.  It is believed that most evil activity is done in secret and kept secret.  What is troubling today is the level of sophistication it takes to get away with a plot, but also the level of sophistication it takes to discover it.  It requires a certain level of electronic communication expertise to construct a web of evil unprecedented in human history.  Reading of certain subjects that have circulated in the recent past, this writer is astounded by the level of technology used to catch those who would do harm.  One would think that technology could advance to the point that activity would be undetectable.  Not so.  There is always a trail.  There are always breadcrumbs.  Nothing happens is a vacuum.  Today, the only thing that protects a criminal is an apathetic judicial system that rewards, rather than punishes, crime.  The tools are there.  The will to use them for good is fading.

This is not so with God.  As advanced as our technology is, it will never reach the standard of Almighty God.  One catastrophic power failure would put an end to all the tools we have at our disposal.  If today’s technology indicates the challenge it is to operate in secret, imagine what the Creator possesses!  He knows and sees everything.  The pride of man that thinks all he needs is a more complex web to succeed is fooled.  There is nothing that can match an infinite God.  If man possesses the ability to stay one step ahead, imagine what God will do.  The futility of thinking that man can get away with wickedness as long as the plan is sophisticated enough is absolutely insane.  We are no different that simple Adam and Eve, who ran into the woods thinking they could hide from the all-seeing God.  Though hand join in hand, God still sees it and will judge it.