Many years ago, I was sitting in an intercessory prayer meeting at my local church. At one of the worst moments in my life, I was feeling so invisible. In my personality, I’m not a needy person in that way. I don’t like a lot of attention. But this day was different. I don’t know if you’ve ever felt this way. It was like no one noticed or even cared. It was a meeting that I had been attending for about a year. So, people were walking around praying like normal. Yet, no one acknowledged I was there. I even questioned under my breath, does God care?

And as loud as I’ve ever heard it in my spirit man, I heard these words, “I’m as close to you as your thoughts.” “Is that scriptural,” I responded. While thinking, I opened my Bible as if to look. But it fell open to Psalm 139 as if the Holy Spirit  was answering my thoughts before I expressed it…

GOD NEAR AS MY THOUGHTS
You have searched me, Lord,
and you know me.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
4 Before a word is on my tongue
you, Lord, know it completely.
5 You hem me in behind and before,
and you lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.

If you can relate to this at all, you must read the whole Psalm 139. In my personal study time, I found another woman who was in dire straits and wondered if anyone cared. This woman had been driven out by her slave mistress for a wrong attitude. To top it all, she was pregnant by a man her mistress had put her with.

With that little background information, you’ve probably guessed the woman was Hagar. She found herself in the desert with no where to go. God sent an angel with comforting words for her and her unborn child’s destiny. She was told nations would be birthed out of this child. She was then instructed to go back to her mistress and submit. Everything would be all right.

GOD SEES ME
Hagar’s response in Genesis 16:13,14 She gave this name to 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.” 14 That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi; it is still there, between Kadesh and Bered.

To this day, it’s one of God’s names Jehovah Roi – God sees me. We can know whether we’re experiencing the worst of times or the best of times, God is omniscient. Whether we are being bad or good, He knows all about it. Whether we are being persecuted or the persecutor, God knows.

The Apostle John eloguently explained it for us, “For whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.”

So, we may as well keep it all out on the table. For God sees us and he knows our hearts.

God is raising up humble servant leaders in His Church. So, while you are growing a team of champions, remember God sees and know all.