The God Who Sees Me

Good Morning!! "The God Who Sees Me."....When we first focus on these words, we have one of two feeling or thoughts; One: Fear. O'Lord what have I done lately?...What shameful, sinful thing do I wish I could hide from. Two: Gratitude. Thank You Father, for keeping and protecting me. When Hagar first uttered them, it was not as one who felt threatened, but rather with a sense of wonder and delight. We don’t know exactly how that verse should be translated, but I certainly like the contemporary English Version. It is about her seeing God, (amazing!) and God seeing her,...which I find even more important,...especially to anyone feeling as mis-used as Hagar was.

Hagar thought, "Have I really seen God and lived to tell about it?" So from then on she called him, "The God Who Sees Me."—Genesis 16:13 (CEV)

From time, to time, we need to remind ourselves of what all those “seeing” words can imply. We think of a mother seeing to her baby and looking after it, of her provision for it and supervision of it. This new name for God, El Roi, was revealed to Hagar rather than to Abraham. It tells us that Abraham’s God has a deep concern for those who, like Hagar, are outsiders who come into contact with His people. He has similar plans for them also (v. 10). They too will be blessed when their eyes, and hearts, are opened to Him.

Those who resect God, has no reason to fear Him.
Father God, so many of our friends don't know You,...and can’t see You as yet,...please open their eyes. In Jesus' name, Amen.

"God’s presence brings great comfort."