The story of Abraham is one that is a great example of faith, and it is also an example of trying to fulfill God's promises by our own hands. Genesis 16 is the story of Sarai doubting that she would have a child and so she gives her maidservant Hagar to her husband so that he could have offspring through her. Abram must have had his own doubts because he went along with that plan.
When Hagar leaves because Sarai is mistreating her an angel of the Lord greets her to give her comfort and Hagar responds by naming the Lord who spoke to her. Vs 13 says "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'."
I remember the time in my life when I first realized that God sees me. I had grown up in a Christian home and gone to Christian school and knew all about God. I knew the bible stories, I had memorized Psalm 100, I knew how to talk the talk like a pro. But there was something missing. I knew that this was a God that looked after people with cancer or going through some other tragedy in their life, but maybe was a bit busy for me. Then, I felt Him interceding in my life. Circumstances came together in a way that didn't feel like coincidence. It felt like orchestration. Could this be? Does the creator of the universe and all mankind not just see me, but care about me? Me, a person struggling in my sin?
I, like Hagar, call the Lord the God who sees me. Now I am trying to let God know that I see him too and thank him for seeing me first.
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