Good Morning Sunshine! God Is Looking At All Of Us, But He Sees You!

Genesis 16:13 (NIV) ~ “Then she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, ‘You are the God who sees me,’ for she said, ‘I have now seen the One who sees me.’”

The name El Roi (pronounced El Roe-ee) first appears in Genesis 16:13, when Hagar, the Egyptian servant of Sarai, fled into the wilderness after being mistreated. Alone, pregnant, and heartbroken, she encountered the Lord. He did not condemn her; He comforted her. In that moment, she realized she had been seen, not just with human eyes, but with divine understanding.

The name El Roi means “The God Who Sees Me.” It reveals that God’s eyes are never blind to your pain, and His heart is never distant from your tears. He doesn’t just observe; He engages. He sees you when others overlook you, and He finds you when you feel forgotten. The same God who saw Hagar still sees every hidden place of your life today.

Have you ever felt invisible? Like your effort goes unnoticed, your sacrifices unappreciated, and your prayers unanswered? There are moments when even surrounded by people, your heart whispers, “Does anyone see me?” You smile on the outside but ache on the inside, silently hoping that God still remembers where you are. Maybe you’ve been the one who encourages everyone else, yet no one checks in on you. Maybe you’ve given your best and received silence in return. Or perhaps life has sent you into a wilderness, unexpected, lonely, and uncertain. But it’s in those very places that El Roi meets you. The God who saw Hagar beside a desert spring is the same God who sees you where you are right now.

El Roi is not a distant observer; He is an intimate witness. When Hagar ran away, she thought she was escaping pain, but she was really running into purpose. The desert was not her end; it was her encounter. There, beside a spring of water, the Angel of the Lord appeared and spoke directly to her heart. El Roi turned her isolation into revelation. Sometimes, God allows you to walk into dry places so that you can discover His nearness. The wilderness has a way of stripping away the noise so you can hear His whisper. Hagar didn’t find Him in the palace; she found Him in the wilderness. And many times, that’s where you will find Him too: in the quiet, in the waiting, in the place where you thought you were forgotten.

El Roi sees more than what others see. He sees beyond your mistakes into your mission. He looks past your pain and sees your potential. When others define you by what you did, El Roi defines you by who you are becoming. He saw Hagar not as a runaway servant but as a mother of nations. His sight is redemptive, it always restores, never reduces. When El Roi sees you, it’s not passive, it’s personal. His seeing is filled with compassion, not criticism. Psalm 34:15 declares, “The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are attentive to their cry.” God’s sight always carries His care. He doesn’t just glance at your pain; He leans into it until His presence becomes your peace. Even when people overlook you, Heaven never does. David knew this well when he wrote, “You have seen my affliction; You have known the troubles of my soul” (Psalm 31:7). God’s vision is not limited by position, distance, or circumstance. You might feel hidden, but you’re never unseen.

Sometimes, being unseen by man is protection from misplacement. God hides you to heal you. He conceals you so that you can be cultivated. The hidden place is not punishment, it’s preparation. Hagar thought she was abandoned, but she was being positioned to see a side of God she had never known before. El Roi’s gaze is tender and timely. He shows up exactly when the tears fall hardest. He meets you at the moment when you feel unworthy of being seen and whispers, “I see you. I know. I care.” Nothing escapes His notice is no silent battle, no quiet prayer, no private pain. His seeing is steady even when your faith feels shaky.

When you realize that God sees you, it changes how you see yourself. You stop striving for human validation because you are already approved by divine vision. You stop chasing recognition because you rest in revelation. Hagar went from being a woman who was running to being a woman who was seen. That shift marked the beginning of her healing. To know El Roi is to walk in assurance, not anxiety. It means trusting that even when you don’t understand the “why,” God still sees the “when” and the “how.” His seeing is not just awareness, it’s orchestration. He’s already working behind what your eyes can’t yet perceive.

El Roi’s vision redeems what life tried to erase. He doesn’t just see you in your wilderness, He provides wells there. Genesis 16:14 calls it Beer Lahai Roi, “the well of the Living One who sees me.” That same well still flows today. God turns deserts into dwelling places when you acknowledge His presence in them. When life leaves you unseen, call on El Roi. When people forget, remember: the God of Genesis 16 has not changed. His eyes are upon you, His heart is for you, and His hand is working things together for your good (Romans 8:28).

Sometimes, God’s greatest miracles happen in the unseen spaces. It’s the private victories, the whispered prayers, and the moments only you and He know about. That’s where intimacy with El Roi is formed, when you realize that even in silence, you are still seen. El Roi’s nature teaches you to see others differently too. Once you know what it feels like to be seen by God, you begin to see people through His eyes, past their surface, into their story. His sight transforms yours. You become His reflection of empathy, His extension of grace, and His witness of love to those who feel invisible.

So, take heart today. You are not lost in the crowd, nor overlooked in your calling. El Roi has had His eyes on you since before you took your first breath. Every season of obscurity is leading you to a moment of divine visibility. God sees you, God knows you, and God is still writing your story with His eyes on every line.

Let’s Pray:

Thank You Father You are, El Roi, my God who sees me, I thank You for being present even when I feel alone. You are the watcher of my tears, the keeper of my heart, and the recorder of every detail of my life. Thank You for being the God who not only looks upon me but looks after me. Lord, I give You praise that You never lose sight of me. When others walked away, You stayed. When I was unseen, You were still looking. When I was broken, You still called me beloved. You see me fully and love me completely. Father, Thank You for turning my wilderness into a meeting place. Just as You found Hagar beside the spring, find me in the places where I’ve run to hide. Let Your presence meet me in the places I thought You wouldn’t follow. Father, teach me to see myself through Your eyes. Remove every lens of shame, rejection, or unworthiness. Let me look in the mirror and see what You see, a chosen, called, and cherished vessel. El Roi, when I feel unseen in my work, my relationships, or my service, remind me that Your gaze gives me worth. Let me never confuse human silence with divine absence. You are always near, always aware, always kind. Father, open my eyes to see others as You do. Let me be an extension of Your compassion to those who feel invisible. Make me a vessel of visibility for Your love, seeing, serving, and speaking life into those who sit in silence. God, even when I don’t understand what You’re doing, I trust that You see farther than I can. You see the end from the beginning, the purpose behind the pain, and the beauty within the brokenness. Thank You for the assurance that nothing in my life escapes Your watchful care. My times are in Your hands, my steps are ordered by Your wisdom, and my story is seen by Your mercy. El Roi, cover me with Your vision today. See me, steady me, and send me where Your eyes have already looked. Let my life become a living well, refreshing others with the same grace You gave me when You saw me. In the Name of Jesus Christ, the One who sees, saves, and sustains, I pray. Amen.

Nugget:

El Roi, The God Who Sees Me, You are never hidden, never forgotten, always fully known, and eternally seen by the One who loves you.

Blessings…

Love, Dr. Jean