Clever Thief

 

The company guard knew that the employee was stealing, but he couldn’t prove it.  He searched the employee after his shift even going through his lunch pail.  But nothing.  Year after year, it was a game of “cat and mouse” and the mouse always won.  Finally, the employee retired.  On the last day, the guard admitted defeat.  He said, “I know you’ve been stealing from the company, but I could never prove it.  How did you get away with it?  What have you been stealing all of these years?”  The retiring employee said, “I’ve been stealing lunch pails.”  And he walked out.  How often do we miss the obvious?  We just can’t figure things out!  But let me remind you that the dear Lord knows exactly what is going on and what everyone is up to.  You may fool everyone, like the thieving employee, but you can never fool the Lord.  He knows.  David said in Psalm 139:23&24, “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”