1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 2: Welcome to the Crosswalk devotional. We are so glad to 3 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:18,479 Speaker 2: have you listening with us here today. Today's topic is 4 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:22,279 Speaker 2: God Sees Us. We will return after a brief message 5 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 2: from our sponsor, He Sees Us, written by Lauren Fletcher, 6 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:43,840 Speaker 2: read by Rochelle ALBERTI Bible reading. I will be glad 7 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 2: and rejoice in your unfailing love, for you have seen 8 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 2: my troubles, and you care about the anguish of my 9 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:54,319 Speaker 2: soul Psalm thirty one seven. This month, my church has 10 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 2: been participating in twenty one days of prayer and fasting. 11 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 2: As I was praying one morning, I came across a 12 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:04,839 Speaker 2: sweet passage of scripture. In the story of Jacob, Leah 13 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 2: and Rachel, God meets Leah in a very personal way. 14 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 2: Though she was the first wife of Jacob, Rachel was 15 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 2: the one he wanted and worked for. Jenesis twenty nine 16 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:19,480 Speaker 2: says when the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, he 17 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 2: enabled her to have children, but Rachel could not conceive, 18 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:26,119 Speaker 2: so Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. 19 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 2: She named him Reuben, for she said, the Lord has 20 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 2: noticed my misery, and now my husband will love me. 21 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 2: Genesis twenty nine thirty one through thirty two. It touched 22 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 2: my heart that the Lord saw Leah's circumstances and mood. 23 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 2: She did not pray and ask, She did not cry 24 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 2: out for God's help. He just saw what she was 25 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 2: going through and acted. How amazing that God sees what's 26 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 2: going on with us and will act on our behalf 27 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 2: even when we do not ask. Have you ever had 28 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 2: a circumstance like this in your life? For God has 29 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 2: moved even before you were able to ask. The story continues. 30 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:09,640 Speaker 2: She soon became pregnant again and gave birth to another son. 31 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 2: She named him Simeon, for she said, the Lord heard 32 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:16,360 Speaker 2: that I was unloved and has given me another son. 33 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:21,920 Speaker 2: Genesis twenty nine, thirty three. I love how Leah recognizes 34 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 2: God has seen and heard her situation. She acknowledges him 35 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 2: in this intersecting faith in life. There is another important 36 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 2: passage in the scripture where we learn that God sees us. 37 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 2: A beloved name of God is Elroy. This name is 38 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 2: given to him by Sarah. Sarah's servant Hagar and Genesis 39 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 2: sixteen In the Wilderness. Genesis sixteen seven, the Lord had 40 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,640 Speaker 2: told Abram that he would have descendants that he would 41 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 2: have a son. Abram trusted the Lord in this Genesis 42 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 2: fifteen four through six. Now Sarah, Abram's wife, had not 43 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 2: been able to bear children for him, but she had 44 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:05,520 Speaker 2: an Egyptian servant named Hagar. So Sarah I said to Abram, 45 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 2: the Lord has prevented me from having children, Go and 46 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 2: sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have children through her. 47 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 2: And Abram agrieved with Sarah's proposal Genesis sixteen one through two. 48 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 2: After Hagar became pregnant, she did not treat Sarah well 49 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 2: Genesis sixteen four. The scripture says, then Sarah I treated 50 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 2: Hagar so harshly that she finally ran away. The angel 51 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 2: of the Lord found Hagar beside a spring of water 52 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 2: in the wilderness along the road to Shre Genesis sixteen 53 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 2: six b through seven. Hagar was met in her distress 54 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 2: and her place of difficulty. She was seen Thereafter, Hagar 55 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 2: used another name to refer to the Lord who had 56 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 2: spoken to her. She said, you are the God who 57 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 2: sees me. She also said, have I truly seen the 58 00:03:55,800 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 2: one who sees me? Genesis sixteen thirteen. Hagar was not forgotten. 59 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 2: She was sought out by the Lord. Something we can 60 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 2: take away from these scriptures, these stories of how God 61 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 2: worked in these women's lives, is that if He sees them, 62 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 2: he sees us, he will work on our behalf when 63 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 2: we ask, but also when we don't, He sees and 64 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 2: he works on our behalf because He loves us. It 65 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:26,920 Speaker 2: is the same love that caused the Lord who saw 66 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,719 Speaker 2: the troubles of the Israelites in Egypt, to be moved 67 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:34,599 Speaker 2: to deliver them Exodus three and four. Exodus four thirty 68 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 2: one says, then the people of Israel were convinced that 69 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 2: the Lord had sent in Moses and Erin. When they 70 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 2: heard that the Lord was concerned about them and had 71 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:47,159 Speaker 2: seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped. Doesn't this 72 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 2: just touch your heart? How wonderful and loving the Lord is. 73 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 2: He knows what's going on with you. He sees, and 74 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:59,719 Speaker 2: he cares. He will help you because He loves you, 75 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:04,160 Speaker 2: even if you haven't been able to ask. Don't worry, 76 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 2: he sees us. Further reading Psalm fifty six eight, Genesis 77 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 2: twenty nine, Exodus three and four, Genesis sixteen, Thanks for 78 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 2: listening to today's devotional. 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