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Gen. 16:1-14 THE GOD WHO SEES
Intro: Ill.
The Context.
Hagar is alone, frightened and sure that God is nowhere around.
Yet, in her trial, God knew exactly where she was.
He saw every move she made and He came to her to offer comfort and hope.
I cannot answer the “Why” questions in your lives, but I can tell you about The God Who Sees.
I cannot define His purposes or explain His Person, but I can tell you that He is well aware of all that is going on in our lives.
When God showed up in the middle of Hagar’s nightmare, she stood amazed in the profound truth that God Almighty had His eye on her.
She was amazed that God cared about Hagar.
She was so amazed that she called His name “El-Roi” – “Thou God Seest Me!”
She named the well “Beerlahairoi” – “The well of the Living One that seest me.”
I want every person in this room to know that the same God Who saw Hagar has His eye on you.
He knows where you are.
He sees what you are going through.
I would like to draw preach around the phrase found in verse 13 that says, “Thou God seest me”.
I would like to try and preach about God’s omniscience.
I want you to see the truth that He sees you.
I want you to see the truth that He sees you, but it is not with disinterest.
He sees you and He cares about you.
I want you to come to understand that you are “the apple of His eye”, Psa.
17:8; Zech.
2:8.
Let me share some of the details of His omniscience with you as I try to preach about The God Who Sees.
I. THE CERTAINTY OF HIS OMNISCIENCE
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“Thou God seest me” -
“Omniscience” = “Possessing total knowledge; knowing everything.”
When we say that God is omniscient, we are saying that He knows absolutely everything there is to know.
The proof of His omniscience can be found in four areas.)
In His Person
– The Greeks called God “Theos”.
This word comes from a root word that means, “The One Who Sees.”
The very concept of deity revolves around His ability to see His creation.
The ancients saw God as a Being Who could take in the whole of His creation with a single glance.
They saw Him as One Who knows every detail in the universe with complete knowledge.
When we breath His name, we are invoking that Name of “The One Who Sees”.
As Spurgeon said, “It were as impossible to conceive of a God Who did not observe everything, as to conceive of a round square.”
In His Presence
– God knows everything not only because of Who He is, but also because of where He is.
The Psalmist reminds us of His omnipresence, Psa.
139:1-12
He does not see us from afar, but He ever with us, beholding all we do, Pro.
15:3
God is in you, around you, before you, beneath you, above you and within you.
It would be easier to escape from your own skin than to escape from Him.
In His Power
– God knows everything not just because of Who He is and where He is, but also because of what He does.
Our God is not disconnected from His creation.
He sees the sparrow that falls to the earth.
He knows the very number of the hairs on your head, Matt.
10:29-31.
Everywhere you go, everywhere you look, you can see the hand of God actively involved in His creation, Psa.
19:1-4a.
He controls everything in this world.
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What this means!)
A God Who fills all things and controls all things must therefore know all things!
In His Purposes
– God knows everything because He is God; because He is everywhere; and because He controls all things.
It is also clear that He knows what will take place before it ever happens, Isa.
46:10-11; Psa.
135:6; Dan.
4:35.
How does God know what will happen before it takes place?
He plans it, Eph.
1:11!
Nothing can happen in this world that is not a part of God’s eternal, perfect, unstoppable plan!
That may not help you, but it sure does bless me!
That puts the comfort in Rom.
8:28.
A God Who plans all things is surely able to know all things!
II.
THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIS OMNISCIENCE
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“Thou God seest me” – The God we serve is an omniscience God.
He sees all things all the time.
Since that is true, what does that mean for us?)
His Knowledge Of You Is Personal-vs.
13
“seest ME!”
– God sees you as if there were not another creature in His universe.
Can you get your mind around that?
If I try to see each of you, I am forced to look at one person at a time.
God can see all things at the same time and still give each person His full attention!
Now, imagine that every star and heavenly body was gone from sight.
Imagine that all the earth was void of the features that catch the eye.
Now, imagine in that environment that the piercing eyes of God were focused solely on you.
That is just how it is!
You are the focus of His undivided attention.
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John 4 – When Jesus spoke to the woman at the well, there might as well have been no one else in the world.
That is how He sees you.
You are the particular object of His attention right now!)
His Knowledge Of You Is Perfect
– “SEEST me!” – When God sees you, He does not just see what you are wearing, where you are going or the expression on your face.
He sees you entirely, completely, without and within at the same time.
He knows every thought, every imagination, even before they are formed in the mind, Psa.
139:4
As you move through this life, your God sees you completely, perfectly and thoroughly.
His Knowledge Of You Is Persistent
– “Thou God SEEST me.” – “Seest” is a present tense verb.
God sees and He always sees.
How we watch ourselves when the eyes of men are known to be upon us!
We weight every word, watch every step and temper every deed, when the eyes of others are watching.
But when the eyes of men are nowhere around, we tend to let down our guard.
Let me just remind that when others are gone; when the door is closed; when darkness has enveloped us; and when we think we are all alone, the eyes of Almighty God see us still, Psa.
139:11-12; Isa.
29:15; Jer.
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