In the first section of the book of Revelation, there are seven letters written by our Lord to seven churches located in Asia Minor.  Each letter is unique to the church to which it was written, but there is one commonality in each of the letters—Jesus tells all the churches, “I know” (Revelation 2:2, 9, 13, 19; 3:1, 8, 15).

Jesus knew what each one of those churches was doing.  He knew whether they were faithful or not.  He knew if they were being persecuted, and, if so, if they were enduring or compromising their faith.  He knew their works.

Jesus still knows!  He knows all about our local churches, and He knows all about us as individuals.  He knows our work.  Jesus is God (John 1:1), and God knows everything.

Psalm 139:1-3 (ESV)
¹ O LORD, you have searched me and known me! ²  You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. ³  You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways.

Knowing that Jesus knows all about us, how should this impact our lives?  How should we live given the omniscience of our Savior?

First, we should live righteously.

1 John 3:7 (ESV)
⁷  Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.

Do you practice righteousness?  Vine tells us that one of the meanings of righteousness is “the sum total of the requirements of God” (Vine’s Expository Dictionary).  Knowing that Jesus is watching us should result in us putting forth the effort to do all that God requires of us.

Second, given that Jesus knows everything we do, we should be careful of what we say.  Our tongues can get us into a world of trouble (James 3:6).  Jesus tells us that on the day of judgment, we will have to give account for every careless word that we speak (Matthew 12:36).  Since Jesus knows every word that we speak, we better listen to Paul and not let corrupt talk come out of our mouths (Ephesians 4:29).

Third, realizing that Jesus knows should lead us to think right.  Remember, as David said, God knows our thoughts from afar.  Never forget that we can be condemned by our hearts.

1 John 3:20-21 (ESV)
²⁰  For whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. ²¹  Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;

Are you living confidently before God?  Since Jesus knows our works, we should live right, talk right, and even think right.  If we do that, we can live confidently before God now and be confident when we stand before God in judgment after a while.

1 John 4:17 (ESV)
¹⁷  By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.

As you wind down for the night, think about these things.