When crimes occur in today’s technological society, one of the first things the police search for is camera footage – whether traffic cameras, security cameras or cell phone video from passersby. There’s not much you can do that isn’t caught on camera.

The man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

Genesis 3:8

Adam didn’t live in an age of cell phones and digital cameras, but he still got caught eating of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The Creator of the Universe didn’t need security footage from the Garden of Eden to show Adam tasting the fruit from the forbidden tree. Through Adam’s experience, you comprehend the omnipresence of God. In today’s passage, Adam tried to disappear among the garden – but God was undeniably there.

The same is true where you are right now. El Roi, the God Who Sees, is there when no one is watching. He sees when you try to cover sin, but He also sees the hard work you think no one notices. Ask Him to help you recognize and revere His presence in your life and in the lives of your national leaders. Pray for Americans to live a life that doesn’t need to be hidden.

Recommended Reading: Genesis 3:1-12