The God Who Sees
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“[Hagar] 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” (Genesis 16:13).
Have you ever seen a diamond that wasn’t set in a piece of jewelry? It is incredibly small. Therefore my heart sank when I noticed the diamond was missing from my wedding ring one Sunday afternoon.
Taking apart the drain of the bathroom sink and searching the house at night with a flashlight proved fruitless. Monday morning found me back at church on my hands and knees searching for the tiny stone. It was a hopeless exercise, but a necessary one.
Convinced of the futility of searching, I didn’t mention it to the church custodian, but someone else did. He told me later, “My vacuum collects all the dirt in a clear plastic container, so I thought I might as well dump it out on a sheet of plastic and have a look. And there it was.”
I was humbled and amazed at the grace of God. Though the diamond was incredibly valuable to me, I assumed God wouldn’t be concerned with it since it was a material possession. Perhaps He wasn’t, but He did care about me.
Though I didn’t have a clue, God saw the diamond fall and knew exactly where it was. Was it a lesson on faith? Did God just want to surprise and delight me? Did He want to shake my erroneous notions of Him? Maybe it was all of the above or something else completely.
One thing, I know: God sees.
If He sees a pebble of no eternal value, how much more does He see me?
“Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows” (Matthew 10:29 – 31).
God sees you. He knows your heart. He hears your cry for help.
Holy God, thank you that You are the One who sees. Increase my faith and help me to believe that You care about my life and You hear me in my distress.
Questions: How does knowing that God sees a sparrow (or even a diamond) fall encourage you? In what area of your life has God been challenging you to have faith?
About the Author Suzanne Benner
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God is challenging me to have faith in Him about my worth and my singleness. I do not desire to be single and God knows that my singleness preys on my self-esteem. I am in a constant battle with the Devil about my worth and whether God deems me acceptable.
my apologies. just glancing at my reply the last line should read: ”I am a willing student and HE a most passionate Teacher”.
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Suzanne, thank you for the devotional. it was most comforting for me.
mamaof5, how beautiful your reply was. it touched me tremendously. i could feel the faith in each word. God bless you.
to answer your first question Suzanne; knowing this to be God’s Word, His promise, this keeps me humble and filled each day with gratitude which flows over to others. my challenge though is still—to ‘to be still’ more often. the Lord has shown me in the past how great a God He is and how much I mean to Him. I am a willing student and a most passionate Teacher.
God is chalanging me to have faith in Him about my health
My story is to obey God and his voice. My husband of 35 years was in process of divorsing me. I kept my ring on , but lost the diamond on a Sunday. I had been everywhere that day. Looked but thought it was gone for good. The nedst day when the sun was going down I was being impressed to go down to where I had rode my bike on Sunday. I kept saying that is stupid. I wont be able to find it. Why go? I kept hearing go. So I’m driving out the driveway saying I’m going but I don’t want to do this . This is dumb Lord. I get there and there is mud, gravel and trash. I look and say what walk? I don’t know where to begin. I stepped back two steps and looked around and something like a pedal from a tree caught my attention. I felt it, picked it up, kept looking at it and thought it looks like a stone, a piece of glass, a diamond. MY DIAMOND!!!! Lord I cried and praised him for the God who sees and loves me. Unfathonable!! I sang to him and told the world.
I’m reminded of the parable of the woman and the lost coin. You must have felt that same joy she felt when she found her coin.
I think of my own children and how much I love them. When one of them comes to me upset because of a broken toy I don’t shame them for being attached to a material thing. And I don’t grieve over the toy because life has taught me that there are more important things. However, I do see my children’s brokenness over it. I care for my children and so I am concerned with their broken toy. I do want to help them fix or replace it, and when that can’t be done I want to help them cope with their loss. Not because of the toy but because of my love for them. That’s how God sees us. He’s not concerned about the diamond because it’s just a chunk of heavenly pavement. But he is concerned with his child and understands the importance we’ve placed on our diamonds. God loves each of us and takes a special interest in the things that are important to us because of that love. And when we loose something, and in His wisdom determines it’s best for us to not have it “fixed,” He walks through that pain with us compleating a work in us that is far more important. He never says, “Oh well. You shouldn’t have been so attached to unimportant stuff in the first place.” Instead He says, “My child. I know that was important to you. I know this is hard for you. I love you.”
We worship an amazing God, don’t we?
How funny Kris. While reading today’s devotion I looked down at my fingers and I did not have my wedding ring on. I take it off to put lotion on my hands. I started to panic thinking it was on the coffee table, but it wa not. Then I looked where I usually slip off my ear rings and there it was. God knows all…
I had the very same thing happen. In my case, it was 10 years later that my husband found it when we moved all of the furniture to vacumn for new carpeting. Wow! There it was. We both giggled like kids.