It is surprising how talkative we are outside of God’s presence, but when in the presence of God a hush takes place. You very often find men talking about what they have done, what they purpose doing, and so on. Sometimes they speak of what others do not do, and so on. We will not think much about ourselves when we get into God’s presence.

Why are we not to talk so proudly or arrogantly? “For the Lord is the God of knowledge.” He knows what motive prompts what you say; He knows all about it. It is a very solemn thing to know that He knows me altogether: “O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, O Lord, You know it altogether” (Ps. 139:1–4). He is a God of knowledge, and by Him actions are weighed. God does two things with man: He weighs him and measures him.

When He measures man, what does He say? “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Rom. 3:23). Sometimes people think, “If I were to stand before God, I might hold out.” You might say that when you are a long way off. How about when you are being weighed? Let us notice Psalm 62:9—a very precious word to those who know grace, and very searching to those who do not: “Surely men of low degree are a vapor, men of high degree are a lie; if they are weighed on the scales, they are altogether lighter than vapor.” Let us remember, if nothing else, that “The Lord is the God of knowledge; and by Him actions are weighed.”