Genesis 16 v 13.
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
Hagar, Sarah’s handmaid, was being treated unkindly by Sarah, so she fled into the wilderness. As Hagar stood beside a spring in that desolate and lonely place, the Angel of the Lord visited her. He assured her that God himself was aware of her situation. Hagar responded, “You -Are-The-God-Who-Sees”. She found great comfort in knowing that the Lord saw her and knew her distress.
You and I can have that same confidence in God’s watchful care. We can be sure that the Lord God is with us wherever we go, and that He knows everything that happens to us. Whatever your troubling circumstances are, God knows and cares.
There’s so much in the press and news channels about people being mistreated. At times it’s difficult to remember that there’s also so much kindness in the world.
We need to remember that we don’t need to fear the perils around us because the eye of the Lord is always upon us.
