The God who sees

On Easter Sunday, the exhortation centred on a simple but powerful question: Does God really see me? Not just humanity in general, but each of us personally, especially in moments when life feels uncertain, lonely, or unresolved.

The speaker traced this theme through Scripture, beginning in Genesis. From the very first chapter, God is described as a God who “saw” His creation and declared it good. That characteristic was not something God developed later in response to human suffering. It has always been part of who He is.

One of the most moving examples was Hagar in Genesis 16. Alone in the wilderness, unwanted and forgotten by others, she experienced God’s care and gave Him the name “El Roi” meaning “the God who sees me.” God not only noticed her pain, He provided for her. The exhortation emphasised that in Scripture, God’s seeing and God’s providing are deeply connected.

That same idea appears in Abraham’s offering of Isaac. Abraham trusted that God would somehow provide, even when he could not yet see how. On Mount Moriah, God revealed the ram in the thicket at the very moment of need. The exhortation connected this directly to Jesus Christ, the ultimate provision prepared by God long before humanity realised its need for salvation.

The message then moved to Ephesians 1, where Paul prays that “the eyes of your heart” might be enlightened. The point was not that believers need new blessings, but that they need clearer sight to recognise what God has already secured through Christ: hope, inheritance, and resurrection power.

The exhortation concluded with a comforting reminder. God saw Hagar in the wilderness, David in the field, and Abraham on the mountain. In the same way, He sees us. We are not overlooked or forgotten. Before the foundation of the world, God had already made provision through His Son. The resurrection of Christ stands as permanent proof that the God who sees is also the God who provides.