Good Morning All!
Genesis 16:13-14; “So she called the
name of the Lord who spoke to her, “You are a God of seeing,” for she
said, “Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.” Therefore the well was called
Beer-lahai-roi;”
Isn’t it kind of amazing how there are
times in our lives when we want everyone to see us and there are times when we hope
no even notices us? When we graduate or
when we get married, we feel on top of the world and wish all could see us and
how happy we are. Then there are times when we hope no one will ever notice us
and then there are those times when we wish someone would see us, but we fear
that they do not.
It is this last thought that comes from our
verses for today. This is from the story of Hagar. She was a young maid to
Sara. Sara and Abram used her to produce
an heir for Abram as he and Sara were barren. Hagar became pregnant and Sara
resented it and drove her away. So here we have this poor young slave girl
being driven away from the only life she knows. You know a young pregnant gal
with nowhere to turn; a story that happens to often even today.
As
she runs the angel of the LORD speaks to her and calms her fears. She calls him
“the God who sees me” and the well where the angel spoke to her as “the well of
the Living One who sees me.”
As we struggle through life, always
remember that God sees you. This is not meant to be a lecture on our sinful
ways; rather I want you to take comfort in the fact that God always sees
us. He sees us when we want someone to
see that we are hurting but sometimes; no one notices. We do not have to face
all of the trials and troubles and garbage out there on our own; God sees it
and hears us as we cry to him in anguish and pain. As we fear the report from the doctor or our
job is on the line or the rain has not fallen or our spouse seems distant or
our children rebellious, we are not alone.
God is a God who sees us and more than that
he has compassion on us. He sees our hurts and heals them. He has compassion on
us and repairs the damage, even damage we cause ourselves. It can be painful,
but God is a God who sees and heals. We have to be aware of the way God works
in our lives. God uses created things to
bring joy and comfort to his people. When we are hurting, he places people in
our lives to bring us comfort and hope. Listen to his words of comfort;
experience the comfort of your brothers and sisters in Christ and above all;
pray speak to God with all your pain, all your fear and all your desire. Call upon him and he will see your affliction
and bring you peace.
Dearest Father, in many
ways we are distresses and in pain. The world is filled with it, and we cannot
avoid it. See us Lord; see our pain and our fear and our sorrow. Send your
Spirit of healing and comfort. Bring us safely home to you. In Jesus’ precious
name we pray, amen.
God’s Peace,
Pastor Bret
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