Over and over again, in my head, I keep hearing the words of Hagar from Genesis 16: “You are the God Who sees me!”
And God does see ME. Time and again, all throughout scripture, the Lord tells us that He sees us.
Job 34:21
His eyes are on the ways of men; he sees their every step.Psalm 33:13-15
From heaven the LORD looks down and sees all mankind; from his dwelling place he watches all who live on earth—he who forms the hearts of all, who considers everything they do.Psalm 139:11
Then I said to myself, “Oh, He even sees me in the dark! At night I’m immersed in the Light!”Job 34:21
“His eyes are on the ways of men; he sees their every step.Matthew 6:3-4
But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
And though we may not see Him in every given situation, we must trust and believe that He’s in it, and His purposes are being fulfilled through whatever it is that we’re going though. In good times, as well as difficult times, He sees us and He has our final outcome in mind. There is no trial without purpose. There is no pain without meaning. There is no blessing without intention. God sees us. He sees our needs—even the needs we fail to realize we have. He sees our potential. He sees our hearts. He sees our motives. He sees our passion. He knows us better than we know ourselves. The Lord of all creation sees us and He cares. He loves us to depths that we are unable to comprehend in our human mind.
And, as He sees me, I want to invite Him further in. Like David in the 139th Psalm, I want Him to search me and help me be all He created me to be. If there’s anything ugly in me that needs to be brought to my attention so I can annihilate it, God, show me what it is. If there’s something that I’m allowing to lie dormant that I should be utilizing, reveal it to me. If You see an attitude or an appetite toward something unhealthy, rip it from me, Lord. Because, when You see me, I want You to see the daughter of the King…one who is more precious than rubies…I want you to see a beautiful reflection of You. I don’t want to distort that reflection like a fun-house mirror, with sinful behavior and selfish motives. I want to deal with the junk in my life and replace it with all the goodness and beauty of my precious Lord. I want to shine the light of my Savior to others, offering them hope and a future by introducing them to the One I love. I want to be winsome and strong…faithful and wise…I want to be a beauty for the Lord to behold by day, and a ruthless slayer of demons by night.
Come with me to our secret place, Lord, and do a work in me. See me Lord. See that my hands are are open. My heart is open. My schedule is open. My life is open. My dreams are open. God, do with me what You want to do. I know I’m looking for a shake up by saying it, but I don’t care. Lay it on me, Lord. I invite You in to do what You need to do. Because I know that You will never leave me nor forsake me. I know that Your longing for me surpasses my longing for You. I know that whatever Your plans are for me, they are far better than my own, and they were made before I was created in my mother’s womb, and I know that they are plans for me to overcome, to be victorious, and to prosper. I trust You, Lord. I trust You. Thank You for seeing me. Thank You for knowing my heart and where it hurts and how to heal it. Thank You for reminding me that You see me.
Psalm 139
A David Psalm
1-6 God, investigate my life; get all the facts firsthand.
I’m an open book to you;
even from a distance, you know what I’m thinking.
You know when I leave and when I get back;
I’m never out of your sight.
You know everything I’m going to say
before I start the first sentence.
I look behind me and you’re there,
then up ahead and you’re there, too—
your reassuring presence, coming and going.
This is too much, too wonderful—
I can’t take it all in!
7-12 Is there anyplace I can go to avoid your Spirit?
to be out of your sight?
If I climb to the sky, you’re there!
If I go underground, you’re there!
If I flew on morning’s wings
to the far western horizon,
You’d find me in a minute—
you’re already there waiting!
Then I said to myself, “Oh, he even sees me in the dark!
At night I’m immersed in the light!”
It’s a fact: darkness isn’t dark to you;
night and day, darkness and light, they’re all the same to you.
13-16 Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out;
you formed me in my mother’s womb.
I thank you, High God—you’re breathtaking!
Body and soul, I am marvelously made!
I worship in adoration—what a creation!
You know me inside and out,
you know every bone in my body;
You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit,
how I was sculpted from nothing into something.
Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth;
all the stages of my life were spread out before you,
The days of my life all prepared
before I’d even lived one day.
17-22 Your thoughts—how rare, how beautiful!
God, I’ll never comprehend them!
I couldn’t even begin to count them—
any more than I could count the sand of the sea.
Oh, let me rise in the morning and live always with you!
And please, God, do away with wickedness for good!
And you murderers—out of here!—
all the men and women who belittle you, God,
infatuated with cheap god-imitations.
See how I hate those who hate you, God,
see how I loathe all this godless arrogance;
I hate it with pure, unadulterated hatred.
Your enemies are my enemies!
23-24 Investigate my life, O God,
find out everything about me;
Cross-examine and test me,
get a clear picture of what I’m about;
See for yourself whether I’ve done anything wrong—
then guide me on the road to eternal life.
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