God’s penetrating eye. Rev. i 14.

I. He sees all. Prov. v. 21.

Bad and good. Prov. xv. 3.

II. Where does He see you?

1. He sees the mother in secret. Matt. vi. 6.

Each secret prayer—each sigh—each tear.

No privacy from Him. Eccles. xii. 14. Ps. xix. 12. Jer. xxiii. 24.

Many would give worlds to hide from God.

2. In her daily path. Job, xxxiv. 21. Ps. cxxxix. 3.

3. In every circumstance. 2 Chron. xvi. 9.

III. What does He see?

1. The mother’s heart. Jer. xx. 12. 1 Sam. xvi. 7. Her motives—desires—yearnings.

You may deceive others. You may even deceive yourselves, ‘but all things are naked, and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.’ Heb. iv. 13. Luke, xvi. 15.

2. The mother’s sins. Ps. xix. 12; xc. 8. Isa. lvii. 18. Amos, v. 12.

Sins of omission and commission.

3. The mother’s sorrows. Exod. iii. 7.

Both inward and outward trials. 2 Kings, xx. 5. Ps. cxlii. 3. Acts, vii. 34.

There are many sorrows it is not well for a wife and mother to speak of to others, but take comfort! Your Saviour knows each grief—each trouble—each tear for your own sins or the sins of others.

4. The mother’s need. Matt. vi. 8, 32.

And He promises to supply it. Ps. xxiii. 1. Philip, iv. 19.