I See You Seeing Me!
“Enough of this!” screamed Hagar’s inner voice, as she fled
from her mistress’ abuse. After Sarai
had forced her to conceive a son for Abram, she felt used and alone but God had
not abandoned her. The angel of the Lord
found her beside a spring of water in the wilderness and asked, “Where have you
come from and where are you going? “I’m running away!” she replied. “Go back
and there I will bless you…” God exhorted her.
In that moment of vulnerability she discovered God’s
sustaining love. Hagar exclaimed, “You
are the God who sees me.” She also said, “Have I truly seen the One who sees
me?” (Gen16: 7-14 NLT). In Hagar’s extreme circumstances with a challenging
pregnancy, she sees God seeing her and that revelation changes everything. God’s place for her growth was in her trials,
not away from them. (Devotion ideas from
a sermon by Cheryl Jamison--Regional Retreat.)
Seeing the One who sees us in all of our circumstances is a
key to our maturity. There is a special
mirror called the infinity mirror where one mirror reflects the image of a
paired mirror in such a way that there is a depth of images of what appears to
be a thousands mirrors. In Hagar’s
moment of despair, God’s infinite love invades her space, changes her attitude
and gives her a depth of understanding of how much God loves her.
Whatever your circumstances, choose to look deeply into
God’s infinite mirror of love as you fulfill your calling with His Grace and
His Mercy.
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