Seen by God

Seen by God

Bible: Genesis 16:7-14

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She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,”
for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me” (V.13).

My first pair of glasses opened my eyes to a bright and bold world. I’m short-sighted, meaning I can see things near to me just fine without my glasses on. But anything on the other side of a room or in the distance are a total blur. At twelve years old, with my first pair of glasses, I was shocked to be able to finally read what the teacher wrote on the whiteboard at the front of my class! I hadn’t realised how much I’d been struggling to see! The slave Hagar ran away from Sarai’s unkindness. Hagar was a ‘nobody’ in her culture, pregnant and alone, running into a desert without help or hope. Seen by God, however, she was allowed, in return, to see Him. No longer an airy-fairy idea, God became real to her—so real that she gave God a name, El Roi, which means “You are the God who sees me.” She said, “I have now seen the One who sees me” (GENESIS 16:13). Our seeing God sees each of us too. Are you feeling unseen, alone or like a nobody? God sees you and your future. In return, may we see Him in the Bible. He is our ever-present hope, encouragement, salvation and joy— both for today and for our future. Let’s thank Him today for His gift of letting us see Him, the one true and living God.

GOD KNOWS MY NAME AND SEES ME.

                                      Youth Edition – Our Daily Bread Ministries