“...every moment You know where I
am.” Psalm 139:3
Do you ever have those
I'm-eating-the-last-cookie-but-it's-okay-because-no-one-can-see-me
moments? Do you make decisions based on whether people will think
certain things about you, or even say certain things about you?
Do you live your live caring mostly for
others opinions of you?
If we're honest, we would probably all
answer yes to at least one of the questions listed above. And, the
yes doesn't stem from a conscious desire, necessarily, but from a
sense of belonging that has seemingly been ingrained in us by our
culture.
It's still funny, though, that we hold
these opinions of us in higher regard than God's own opinion,
sometimes...especially in our day to day lives.
We often forget that God is El Roy, the
God who sees. He sees US, not only what we do, or say, but He sees
us, for who we are, and for who He created us to be. How amazing is
it that the creator of the world would care to gaze upon us, and see
us.
If you've seen avatar, you know the
whole “I see you” thing, but when I think about how God sees us,
I can't help but draw a comparison. He sees us, into us, who we are
from the inside out. And when He sees us, He sees himself, for we
bear the imago dei.
Know that God sees You, and loves you
the same. Know that he has watched every ugly sin you have
committed, and all the ones that were committed against you, and yet
he has redeemed you, shown you mercy, washed you in the blood, and
completely covered you in love.
I've heard it said, that in all other
religions, man is seeking God, and looking for him. But with Jesus,
he is constantly seeking, and seeing, all of us, looking to pull us
out of a broken humanity and into everlasting life.
In Christ,
Lilia
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