A God who sees, A God who hears, and A God who provides

Many days I feel that maybe God doesn't see me. My days feel like I'm running around pulled in so many directions.  There are days when life simply is not going my way. I pray and I wonder if I'm heard. We all have times in our lives when things aren't going our way and we wonder if God is listening, does He hear my prayers? Often the answers don't come as quickly as we'd like but I'm here to tell you my friend we serve a God who sees, a God who hears and a God who provides answers.

Genesis 16:13 tells of a woman named, Hagar, who was having some bad times. Life became so bad she decided she'd run away. I am sure as she ran away, she too thought God doesn't see me, God doesn’t hear me.  Beside a spring crying the angel of the Lord came. Who directed the angel to Hagar?  The angel of the Lord was able to provide the answers that Hagar sought and the direction she needed. Hagar knew that the angel came from God. The angel had the answers and the comfort she longed for.  So, Hagar called God, El Roi the God who sees Me, because she saw God did see her.

The angel of the Lord told her she was to name her unborn child Ishmael which means God hears. God does hear us. God knows our thoughts and our feelings. He heard her cries and He saw every teardrop, and He cared.

In John 6: 35 Jesus reminds us He is the bread of life and anyone who comes to Him will be provided for. God provided for Hagar by sending the angel of the Lord to comfort her and let her know He is for her. The angel of the Lord came not only to comfort but with an answer. You see God provides answers. He is Jehovah-Jireh, The Lord will provide. These answers may not be what we want but He is working for our good. The angel of the Lord told Hagar to “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.” Then he added, “I will give you more descendants than you can count.”  I am sure this was not the answer Hagar was looking for. Often God will give us an answer we may not want but we have to trust in the One who sees all.

Now we may not understand the why, how, or the fairness of a situation. But in every situation, put God in the center because He loves us, He is for us, and has our best interests at heart. 1 John 4:16 says,” God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.” We know wherever He is there His love is also. He sees, He hears, and He provides the best way. We only need to trust that One who loves is for us.