He sees you

Everyday, when I’m sitting in the parking lot of our son’s school waiting to pick him up, I always watch for him to come out.  The bell rings and within mere moments, a sea of Junior High students come flooding out.

It never fails, no matter how many kids there are encompassing where he is walking, I can spot our son in a heartbeat.  My eyes go straight to the child that belongs to us.

So the other day, as I sat there looking for our son, I wondered if the same is true of God for us.  When God looks at humanity, and especially His children, does He too see us no matter what?  Does He see the ones that belong to Him, and even more so than that, does He see each of us individually?

Yes.

And not only does God see us, He knows each one of us personally and completely.  And unlike my or my husband’s limitations on how much we can watch over our children, God is limitless and never takes His eyes off of us. I find great comfort in that.  We are never alone or forgotten.

 

King David wrote of this truth in Psalm 139:1-11:

O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, O Lord, You know it altogether. You have hedged me behind and before, and laid Your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain it. Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there Your hand shall lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me. If I say, “Surely the darkness shall fall on me,” even the night shall be light about me; indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, but the night shines as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to You.

Dina Pugh