A God Who Sees

 

In Genesis Sarah became hasty and impatient concerning the lord’s promise of a son. God had promised a son through Abraham that would come many descendants. Sarah has her hand maid Hagar to lay with Abraham in order that she may have a son. Hagar conceives and began to despise Sarah. Sarah in response treated her harshly and Hagar fled into the wilderness. An angel found Hagar beside a spring in the wilderness. The angel asks Hagar, “where have you come from and where are you going?” The angel was not inquiring for his own information, but for Hagar to consider the direction of her life. She was sent back to Sarah to submit to her authority. When the ways of a man please the Lord, He makes even his enemies at peace with him (Pro 16:7). The Lord promised Hagar that she would have a son who would be named Ishmael, but he would be antagonize others and they would antagonize him. It is at this point that Hagar calls upon Elroi, or the God who sees. God saw the affliction of Hagar. He saw the abuse she had suffered. He saw the desperate situation she was in. He saw all of her past (“where have you come from”) and all of her future (“where have you come from”).

God is a God who sees. You are never overlooked. Your situations never slip by Him. His eyes are never closed for sleep. He is sees all of what has happened to you in the past. He is sees what all of what is needed concerning your future and has made provision for your needs. He sees what you are doing when no one else does. He sees your faithful accomplishments when no one else does. He is able to see all of the wounds lodged in your soul from the hurts that have been inflicted upon you. He saw you before you were born and has numbered the hairs on your head. Paul prayed in his letter to the Ephesians, “I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe”. Paul was praying that we would be able to see, the God who always sees.