The Names of God: El Roi

In Genesis, Hagar is the Egyptian slave of Abraham and Sarah that encounters in the desert a loving God that both sees and hears her. In John, Jesus convinces Nathaniel that He is the Son of God by how clearly He sees Nathaniel. In both cases, God sees these people beyond their present circumstances, meets them in their pain and doubt, and then gives them guidance and walks them through their confusion and trouble. We learn from this how God will absolutely meet us where we are, but He will not wallow there with us. He meets us in our pain, our sorrow, our lack and he leads us through and out of it, if we will obey and walk with Him.