The God Who Sees Me — Daily Devotional for Women

There was a season in my life when Genesis 16:13 became more than just a verse.

It became my anchor.

"You are the God who sees me."

Six words. And they changed something in me that a thousand other words had not been able to touch. Because in that season I was not looking for a theological argument or a motivational speech. I was looking for someone to just see me. Really see me. Not the version I showed up as on Sunday morning. The real one. The tired one. The one carrying things nobody knew about and smiling through it anyway.

And God said ... I see that one. That is the one I have always seen.

When You Are Doing Everything Right and Still Feel Forgotten

Sometimes you can be doing everything you are supposed to do.

Showing up. Serving. Loving. Obeying. Trusting. Giving. Praying. And still feel like it is all in vain. Like nobody notices. Like the sacrifice is invisible. Like you are being faithful in a room where nobody is watching and nobody is clapping.

You are hurting but it seems like no one truly understands the depth of what you are carrying.

You are faithful but you feel forgotten.

You are pouring out but nobody is pouring back in.

If that is where you are today I need you to keep reading. Because that is exactly where El Roi steps in.

Who Is El Roi?

El Roi. It is one of the names of God and it means "The God who sees me."

Not the God who used to see me. Not the God who might see me someday when I have it more together. Not the God who sees the highlight reel version of my life.

The God who sees me right now. In the middle of everything I am walking through. In the unseen places. In the quiet obedience that nobody is clapping for. In the tears cried in private and the battles fought in silence.

He sees the tears. He sees the heartache. He sees the confusion. He sees the quiet sacrifice and the late nights and the moments of almost giving up. He sees it all and He counts every single bit of it.

The Woman Who First Called Him El Roi

This name was not given to God by a celebrated prophet or a great king. It was given by a woman named Hagar a slave woman who had been used, mistreated, and then sent away into the wilderness alone and pregnant with nowhere to go and no one to turn to.

She was as forgotten as a person could possibly be.

And God found her in the wilderness at a spring of water in the middle of nowhere.

He called her by name. He saw her pain. He spoke to her future. And in that moment Hagar did something remarkable...she gave God a name that no one had ever called Him before:

"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.'"
— Genesis 16:13

She had been invisible to everyone who was supposed to care for her. But she was never invisible to God. And in the wilderness in the place that felt most forsaken she encountered the One who had been watching over her the whole time.

That is your story too sis. Whatever wilderness you are in right now He is already there.

Being Unseen By People Is Not the Same as Being Unseen By God

This is the truth that shifted something in me during my invisible season

Being unseen by people is not the same as being unseen by God.

The people in your life may not notice your sacrifice. They may not acknowledge your faithfulness. They may not understand the weight of what you are carrying or appreciate the strength it takes to keep going. And that is a real kind of pain, the pain of being overlooked by the people you love and serve.

But God has not overlooked a single moment.

He sees every sacrifice. Every silent battle. Every time you chose to trust Him when trusting felt impossible. Every prayer you prayed when you were too tired to even find the words. Every morning you got up and kept going when everything in you wanted to stop.

And because He sees nothing you walk through is wasted. Nothing you offer in the unseen places is forgotten. Nothing you carry quietly goes unnoticed by the One who matters most.

God is keeping record of things no one else even knows happened. 🤍

What El Roi Means for You Today

Whatever you are walking through right now the uncertainty, the loneliness, the season of feeling invisible and overlooked and unsure if any of it matters I want you to hear this...

You have never been invisible to God.

Not in your worst season. Not in your most broken moment. Not in the middle of the wilderness when everyone else seemed to have moved on without you. He has been watching. He has been near. He has been saying I see you even on the days you couldn't feel it.

You are not forgotten. You are not overlooked. You are not carrying this alone.

You are seen completely, tenderly, and permanently by the God who calls Himself El Roi. The God who sees. 🤍

Reflection Questions

• Have you ever been in a season where you felt invisible to people but later saw that God was watching all along?

• What does it mean to you personally that God sees the things nobody else notices?

• How does knowing God is El Roi the God who sees change how you approach your unseen moments of faithfulness?

Today's Prayer

El Roi The God who sees me. I come to You today from my own wilderness moment. From the place where I feel unseen, overlooked, and wondering if any of it matters. And I choose to believe what Your Word says that You see me. Every tear. Every sacrifice. Every quiet act of faithfulness that nobody else noticed. You saw it all and You are counting it all. Thank You for being the God who finds me in the wilderness and calls me by name. I am not forgotten. I am seen by You. In Jesus' name, Amen.

Today's Declaration

I am not invisible. I am not forgotten. El Roi the God who sees me has never once looked away. Everything I walk through in the unseen places is seen by Him.

Tadaryl Hills

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