God Sees All of Us

When I was little, I thought my parents had eyes attached to their skulls instead of hair. Multiple eyes always watching when I did bad things. Have you ever wondered if we carry those childlike thoughts with us into adulthood?

God only sees me when I’m bad.

Perhaps you didn’t know God sees you all the time. The promise is found in the name Hagar gave Him in Genesis 16:13. The God who sees me.

God’s eyes are always sweeping the earth watching His creation, which includes us (2 Chronicles 16:19). He knows the number of hairs on our head (Luke 12:7). Scripture is filled with many descriptions conveying God knows who we are.

Since He is always watching and knows everything we do, then He sees us in our good deeds. He sees all of us. He sees us in our bad deeds. God understands we will fail, sometimes multiple times in one day. He knows we are not perfect. He never said we were to be perfect.

Maybe that’s why the Bible is filled with imperfect people. Murderers, prostitutes, adulterers …the list is long, but the ways God chose to use imperfect people line the pages of Scripture. David always stands out to me. The little guy who conquered Goliath with a pebble and a prayer. He grew up to become a king. A man after God’s own heart. A murderer. Conniver. Adulterer. Sinner. Just like all of us.

David cried out with remorse, and God still loved him. God saw the bad. God saw the good. He knew David’s heart.

Nothing is too big for God to forgive. We are not too little for God to see.

I’m glad God sees me and all I do. I’m held in His goodness and watched on His path. I benefit from His corrections and marvel in His miracles. He watches all of us through a lens of complete knowledge. He knows our hearts and still loves.