El Roi (The God Who Sees Me)
Hello dear friend! I pray that one of the 10 commandments would speak to us right now: “You shall not take the name of the Lord in vain.” I don’t know about you, but it bothers me when I hear the name of God taken lightly. In a time when God’s name is often seen as nothing more than a curse word, I am grateful that there are people like you, friend, who hold the names of God as precious and important!
I had the privilege of praying with a young man this morning. He came to the front of the church for prayer and God placed him in my path. As he shared the broken story of his family and his own bad choices, tears streamed down his face. At one point, he made this comment, “I have felt invisible my whole life.”
Prompted by the Holy Spirit, I stopped him and said, “Justin, He sees you. He sees you right now. He has been watching over you every day of your life. You are seen.” I wish I could have recorded the look on Justin’s face when I told him that one of the names God chose for Himself was El Roi, the God who sees me.
friend, He sees you. He sees you. He sees you. Listen to God share about the moment He created you:
“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” (Psalm 139:13-16, NIV)
God not only sees you, but He also sees all of the miraculous potential He placed in you. Listen to a young lady, who in spite of a heart-breaking situation cried out to a God who heard, and Who responded to the cry of her heart:
“She 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, NIV)
As we close this week of Names, my prayer is that you will use each one of them to empower your prayer life. When you are faced with a need, cry out to the God who provides. When you are overwhelmed, breathe in the name that calms our fears, Yahweh. When you need God to be strong, make your appeal to El Shaddai, God Almighty. And when you feel like you are unseen, know that you are heard by El Roi, the God who sees YOU! Always remember:
“But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love.” (Psalm 33:18, NIV)
He sees you. He loves you. He knows you. He knows what you need and He will provide.
You are a miracle!
