God Hath Forgotten

Psalm 10:11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

Psalm 10:13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. 

Thus we have the general attitude of the non-believer. Peter gave a sobering reminder in 2Pe 3:4 - "and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation." and went on to describe the sudden destruction of the flood and the inevitable yet undisclosed  2nd coming of Christ.

Man can deny and scorn all he likes, but that does not change an iota the fact that God sees all and God will repay!

Again, some sobering thoughts from Paul in  2:5 — Rom 2:9

"But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

Who will render to every man according to his deeds:

To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life:

But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;"

Let this also be a timely reminder to us all - fret not because of evil doers.  "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord." (Rom 12:19b)! At the same time, never let us forget that God is omnipresent and omniscient! We may be able to fool fellow man, even for our entire lives and beyond! But there is nothing/nowhere we can hide from the Lord. Well did Jeremiah write -"Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD." (Jer 23:24) And again as the Psalmist said in Psalms 139:8 -"If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there."

It remains for us to be upfront with God, because at the end of the day, He will recompense. The only question is, as the apostle Paul reminded us, whether it be with eternal life or damnation.