Almighty and Precious Father, You hear me. My cries don’t go unnoticed. I may have to wait a long time to see Your response, but I can be confident that You will respond. It may not be how, when or what I want, but I know that it’ll ultimately be for good and in keeping with Your purposes.
In the waiting, what can I do? I can be secure in knowing that You are with me. I can be confident that You see me. I can be soothed by being with You, and I can know that I’m ultimately safe.
As the Israelites walked on their way to the Promised Land, You showed them tangibly that You were with them by the pillar of fire by night and the pillar of cloud by day. You gave me that same promise of Your Presence when You sent The Holy Spirit to be in me. He groans for me when I have no words to pray.
After Hagar, a servant, ran away from Abraham and Sarah because of Sarah’s jealousy and mistreatment, God sent her an angel to show her that He saw her. Hagar then called God, “You are the God who sees me.”
You never change. You are the same yesterday, today and forever. You also see me—always.
Jesus, Immanuel, came as God with us—to heal the sick, to comfort the lonely, and be a friend to the outcast—to bring hope. The Holy Spirit continues this work within me, especially when I seek to be in Your Presence. I can do this by just sitting and talking with You, as I would with a close friend; by reading Your Word; by listening to Jesus music; or by journaling to You. You said “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”
In Your Word, You tell me countless times that You are my refuge—my safe haven. I must choose to believe it. I must trust You. I must run to You with all that happens in my life, especially the struggles and chaos. Ultimately, the time will come when I will have infinite joy and no more tears—when I am with You forever. I am safe.
In The God Who Hears Us—Name of Jesus Christ I pray.
Amen.
