In Genesis 16, Hagar called God, “El Roi, ” meaning, “the God who sees me,” and she named the place where God met her, “Beer-lahai-roi”, meaning, “Well of the Living One who sees me.”
Years later, we now see Isaac returning from Beer-lahai-roi. His mother had died not long before, and his heart was apparently still aching and lonely. Some translations say in verse 63 that Isaac was taking a walk in the field, but the meaning of the word translated “taking a walk” is apparently a bit obscure in Hebrew. Other translations put it, “he was meditating” or “he was praying.”
Perhaps he was praying, “God do you really see me? Do you really know my hurt?”
God did.
God knows our hearts and hears even the silent prayers of our hearts, as Abraham’s servant found out. (45-48)
And by God’s grace, he met Isaac’s need. I love verse 67.
And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah to be his wife. Isaac loved her, and he was comforted after his mother’s death.
A God who hears us. A God who sees us and our deepest needs.
That’s the kind of God we have.
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