Shhhh! Don't Tell The Pastor!

Wandering among the maze of various games tables inside the casino looking for my parent's friend, I glimpsed a familiar face. It was a Church elder I knew personally. I approached his game table, totally ignorant that he is gambling, to greet him. He was horrified to see me, never expecting my presence there.

Beckoning me to edge closer to him, he wanted to whisper into my ears, feeling uneasy and suspicious of the surrounding people eavesdropping.

Shhhh! Please remember don't exposed me in Church, especially the Pastor!

"Huh! I thought you are aware that God is staring down on you from His throne up in heaven?", I replied nonchalantly!

"You don't fear God who can destroy your soul but man who can do nothing to you", I apprise him with a slightly raised voice. I proceeded to remind him of a familiar verse in Hebrew 4:13.

Nothing in all creation can hide from him. Everything is naked and exposed before his eyes. This is the God to whom we must explain all that we have done. Hebrew 4:13

I wanted to mention another incident which happened some years ago when I was still a rebellious Christian. I was visiting a Christian brother to pick up a novel he borrowed. He stayed with his parents in an apartment. When I arrived at his residence, I knocked and pushed the door bell, but failed to receive any response.

After a couple more knocks and attempts at the door bell and still unsuccessful with any answers, I started to walk away, exasperated! I was about five steps away from the door when I heard a soft click. I turned around and spotted my friend peeping out from the side of the door. I was about to raise my voice and asked him what took him so long to answer when my friend shoo me and beckoned me to him.

Almost whispering, he told me that he was watching pornography in his room, thus missed hearing my knocks and the door chime. He articulated to me that he make sure his room door was tightly secured and the volume from the television was lowered.

I smiled and look upward towards the ceiling, followed with this question to him, " Hey! Do you think God can hear and see what you were doing from up there, through the ceiling?"

It's funny how we try hiding our wrong doings from man but forgotten that God is always keeping watch over us.

The next time if you are planning to do something bad, remember to look up instead of looking around you! Make sure you are safe from God's watchful eyes!

I guessed you must be wondering what was I doing in the casino? I brought my parents and their friends to watch an opera performance, staged at one of the casino theater, by a renown opera troupe from Hong Kong. I went into the casino to look for my mum's friends who had slipped away from us to try their luck at some of the games tables.