An eagle sees 4 times better than the average man can with the naked eye. Their vision can notice even the tiniest details with clarity from a distance. While they gracefully take to the skies, they can lock on a target from several hundred feet in the air. God sees even the tiniest little details in our life. Then she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, You-Are-the-God-Who-Sees; for she said, “Have I also here seen Him who sees me?” (Genesis 16:13 NKJV). These words were spoken from the lips of Hagar, the cast out servant of Sarah, Abraham’s wife. What a beautiful description she paints of God as she toiled in the wilderness as an outcast. In due time, had Sarah waited out the promise, she would have given Abraham that long-awaited child, but she chose to take matters in her own hands and now a rift had been formed between her and her loyal servant. Hagar was thrown out with no place to go, alone and pregnant. The name “You Are the God Who Sees” is translated from the Hebrew “El-Roi”. The name means “the strong one who sees”. Surely, it is often we feel that in the toils of life we feel that we are all alone and despised in a dry thirsty land, but our comfort comes in knowing that God sees us. There is no place on the face of this earth where we can go in which God does not see us. In the hottest deserts, the deepest seas, and the highest mountains, God see us. It is a testament to His omniscience which means that God is all knowing. Why is God all knowing? Because He is omnipresent, He is everywhere. He knows what you are going through because He sees you. From the great flood to the treacherous wilderness, God saw them. Facing the walls of a fortified city to the battle against a giant, God saw them. In the den of lions to a fiery furnace, God saw them. From a stormy sea to a dank dungeon, God saw them. And the LORD said: “I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows. (Exodus 3:7). Even in the quietest of nights, when you feel all alone, the world seems to have forsaken you and forgotten you, God sees you. Not only does He see you, He hears you and not only does He hear you, He is with you. Oh the comfort that overflows my soul to know that in the driving winds of tribulations and the torrential rains of distress, God is with me and He sees me. He calls out to me with a voice so comforting in the storms of chaos with His arms open wide to come to Him. Yet, this divine truth of God seeing us must be a somber eye opening experience in the life of every Christian. He not only sees you in your troubles, He also sees you in your action. Every secret thing in the life of a Christian, God sees it. For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and He ponders all his paths. (Proverbs 5:21). They say live every day as though it is your last. I say live every day as though God is watching because He is. Be sure that the actions you perform away from the public spotlight will one day be revealed by the eyes of God. There is something even deeper than that that can also serve as an encouragement and comfort or even the exact opposite. In a world where even the purest of motives are question, God knows the intricacies of our hearts. As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a loyal heart and with a willing mind; for the LORD searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever (I Chronicles 28:9) He knows our motives. When in the pursuit of God’s work and will, people questioning your very reason, know that the one sure foundation that we have is that God knows the pure motives and will reward us accordingly. Why can we believe He will reward us? He sees our heart. He sees that passion that flows through our veins. He sees the genuine concern that beats rhythmically in our heart. Do not be discouraged, keep on the firing line, God sees you and……He knows.
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