The One Who Sees Me

Genesis 16

Just a couple quick things. I love reading and figuring out small pieces of God's character.

Last night at church we were challenged to spend 10-15 minutes in prayer and reading scripture each day but not taking our own agenda or grocery lists of to-do's to God, and just listening to him. Every single person is guilty of this, and while I'm not consistent in my personal time I want to be...and it is refreshing when I do it.

So just some words.

Genesis 16 is all about the conception of Ishmael, Abraham's son via Sarah's servant Hagar.

Hagar becomes pregnant and the when she does she lost respect for Sarah. Sarah then tells Hagar to leave.

The first thing I see here (and i had to re-read this passage to even understand this) is that God takes care of his own, and will bring about restoration.

God tells Hagar, yeah you're pregnant, now what? you don't have any where to go and the baby needs taken care of...go back to Sarah. I could give you examples out of my own life where i see this taking place either with me or others, and if you thought long enough I'm sure you could too. God brings about the restoration necessary for life to go on...did he fix the problem the way Hagar wanted it to be fixed? probably not, was the proclamation that Ishmael is going to fighting for his entire life what she wanted for her son? doubtful, yet God worked. God restored Hagar to Sarah, maybe not under ideal circumstances, she was still pregnant you know, and she probably still didn't see eye to eye with Sarah.

Secondly the obvious statement is God is the one who sees me, he saw Hagar's affliction, her pregnancy.

Although obvious it is incredibly powerful.

A little glimpse into the character of God, even when we're not expecting it, even when we're hiding, even when we don't want to be found, God sees us. Then, we see God. We see God for who he truly is, we begin to see his plan, we begin to see that he's always been there watching over us. Like Hagar we see God as the protector and restorer. It does not say here that God fixes everything just right with a cherry on top and everything is peachy keen, it just says that God saw, and in return she saw God.

That is actually a powerful statement...to see God...
just relish on that for a second.

are you seeing God? am I?
What am I burying myself under, trying to hide myself from God with?