Our entire life is spent before God’s watchful gaze. In fact, God the Father, who gives life to all things, Jesus Christ, who faithfully stood before Pontius Pilate, and the Holy Spirit, who dwells within us, all witness our life as it unfolds. We never make decisions, or sin, in anonymity.
The apostle Paul urged his young protege to follow through with his commitments with a profound sense of awareness that he was living his life before a divine audience. With them there could be no excuses. Therefore, Timothy needed to be blameless.
We often feel that doing “the best we can” is good enough for God. It is not. God’s standard for our conduct is blamelessness. He seeks to help us live our lives in such a manner that there is no “spot” or blemish on our record. Such a life is a tall order! In fact, it is impossible unless God helps us. It is also unlikely unless we live our lives with the constant awareness that one day Christ will return and will then have us give an account to Him of what He already knows we have done.