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Genesis chapter 16, verse 13.

So she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her.

You are a God of seeing.

For she said, truly here, I have seen him who looks after me. This is a really powerful picture in

scripture. It's Hagar who has been forced to flee from her home and she is all alone and God comes to her and speaks to her, says,

Hagar, servant of Sarai.

It's interesting, my devotional when I was reading through this passage,

talked about how in all of ancient Near Eastern literature,

Hagar is the only woman who is directly addressed by name, by deity.

And it's interesting, so the woman here, it's not one of the great matriarchs of the Old

Testament. It's not Sarah or Rachel or Rebecca. Instead, it's a slave woman

who is resenting her mistress and is running. And God comes to her, speaks her name.

And she says, you're a God who sees me. Like you look after me, verse 13 says. And I read that

verse. I can just imagine that there are people listening to this right now who may feel alone

in all kinds of different ways for a variety of reasons and if that's you in any way i mean

it's not that you might actually physically be alone you might be surrounded by a crowd of people

but you feel alone you might have all kinds of relationships around you but you think

ah nobody really sees what's going on in my life.

And if that's the case, I want to encourage you.

There is a God who sees.

He knows you.

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