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Have you ever felt like nobody sees you? Notices you? Recognizes you? Acknowledges you? Knows you exist? Appreciates you? Gives a rip about you?
We have all been there at one time or another in our life. Honestly, sometimes it would be nice to just be noticed. I heard an amen! A recently divorced lady once lamented “I wonder what my former spouse is thinking about me?” I said to her “Mam, sorry to tell you this, he is not thinking about you. He is thinking about himself and his life without you. As far as he is concerned you are an unseen person to him.” We humans can be so self-absorbed, self-centered, selfish and stuck on ourselves that we do not see others. Unfortunately, unseen people number in the billions on planet earth. So, what are you and I to do when we feel unseen? I am glad you asked. You and I are never unseen because God sees us. The Bible tells us we are seen by God when we think we are unseen. “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye upon you.” Psalm 32:8 “The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry.” Psalm 34:15 “The eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, on those who hope for His lovingkindness.” Psalm 33:18 “He does not withdraw His eye from the righteous.” Job 36:7 You and I are never out of God’s sight. As a father and grandfather, I watch over my kiddos. They are seen by me. I know where they are, what they need and how to care for them. My eye is always on my loved ones. I think Almighty God has really big eyes. He can see all of us at the same time. Awesome! The Bible records a number of “unseen” people who God and Jesus saw. In the Old Testament God saw a giant slayer and King in an unnoticed shepherd boy (I Samuel 16-17 ). He saw an exiled Moses in the wilderness who would deliver Israel from Egyptian slavery (Exodus 2-12). He saw a depressed Elijah on a mountainside desiring to die (I Kings 19). He saw a mother preparing a last meal for her and her son (I Kings 17). In the New Testament Jesus saw a woman at a well who thirsted for salvation (John 4). Jesus saw a little boy with a lunch of two fish and five loaves of bread that would feed a multitude (Mark 6). Jesus saw a widow put into the temple treasury all the pennies she had (Mark 12:43). Jesus saw a tax collector named Zacchaeus up in a tree who the Lord had a meal with and his household came to faith in Christ. (Luke 19). Many, many more examples are in the Bible of people who felt unseen, unnoticed were seen by Jesus. You and I belong to that group. When Jesus hung on the Cross and said “Father, forgive them for they do not know what they do.” (Luke 23:34) God’s battered, bloodied, suffering Son saw you, me and all of humanity. The Son of God sacrificed Himself for us because He saw sinners who needed saved. Incredible! Our Creator and Redeemer saw us in our mother’s womb, planned out our days, died on the Cross, rose from the dead and will welcome to heaven all who put their faith in Him. Does not sound like unseen to me! God’s sons and daughters are seen and will be seen for eternity in His holy presence. See yourself the way God sees you.
If you feel no one sees you, stop looking around and look up to the One whose eyes are on you. God sees us twenty-four seven because the Bible says He never sleeps (Psalm 121:1-4). If you desire to see Jesus, seek to see Him. John 12: 21 records a group of men asking Phillip “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” Every day see Jesus with a heart of faith then you will understand how much He sees you. My faith is bolstered, built up, strengthened, and encouraged when I know God sees me! “Indeed, the very hairs of your head are numbered. Do not fear; you are of more value than many sparrows.” Luke 12 :7 A Word For Your Week: God sees you because He loves you. |
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