Most of us have been there.
A betrayal. A false accusation. A relationship that shattered without warning. A moment when someone else’s actions left wounds that still have not healed.
In those moments, our instinct is often the same: defend ourselves, tell our side of the story and make sure everyone knows what really happened.
Author and speaker Autumn Miles says God taught her a different response.
“God told me one time in my quiet time, I saw it all. I saw it. I saw it all,” Miles said on a recent episode of The Autumn Miles Show. “The beautiful thing about God is that He sees absolutely everything. Nothing is hidden from His sight.”
Miles said the Lord spoke those words during what she described as a “Judas-type” betrayal. She wanted to pick up the phone, explain herself and set the record straight. Instead, God reminded her that He had already seen everything.
The realization brought immediate peace.
Order Autumn Miles New Book, “Holy Ghosted” on Amazon.com!
The Justice We Want vs. the Justice God Brings
At the heart of Miles’ message is a challenge many of us do not like to hear.
“The enemy wants us to take justice into our own hands,” she said. “He wants us to get it for ourselves because it takes it away from God. And God will get holistic justice for His kids.”
That idea became central to her study of Job and God’s character.
While we often focus on revenge, vindication or proving we were right, Miles argues that God’s view is much larger. He sees motives, hidden actions, private conversations and the damage sin causes long after a moment has passed.
When Miles studied what Scripture says about God’s love for justice, she said the discovery left her stunned.
“When I look that up in the original language, this is what it said,” she explained. “It means I am passionately in love with justice for My children.”
The truth hit her so hard she had to stop writing.
“I couldn’t even write for a couple of hours because I thought, Lord, when I would have given it up, You won’t,” she said.
God Has Not Missed a Thing
Miles pointed to Job 42, where God confronts the friends who spent chapter after chapter accusing and misrepresenting Job.
For Miles, the lesson is clear.
“God’s eyes are on those who are against you,” she said. “His eyes are on those conspiring against you. His eyes are on the motives of those that talk against you. His eyes are on it all.”
That does not mean we always receive immediate answers. It does not mean every wrong is corrected overnight. It does mean God is paying attention.
“He will not let it go,” Miles said. “This is why He says, ‘Vengeance is mine. I will repay. I got you.'”
For those of us carrying wounds from betrayal, rejection or injustice, that may be one of the most comforting truths in Scripture.
The God who sees everything is also the God who loves justice. He sees every lie, every betrayal, every hidden motive and every wound inflicted against His children. Nothing escapes His attention. Nothing slips through His hands.
And according to Miles, He is far more committed to making things right than we could ever be ourselves.
James Lasher, a seasoned writer and editor at Charisma Media, combines faith and storytelling with a journalism background from Otterbein University and ministry experience in Guatemala and at the LA Dream Center. A Marine Corps and Air Force veteran, he is the author of The Revelation of Jesus: A Common Man’s Commentary and a contributor to Charisma magazine. For interviews and media inquiries, please contact [email protected].
