EL ROI, I KNOW THAT YOU SEE ME (POEM AND BIBLE VERSES)
- Posted by Edith Ohaja
- On January 7, 2019
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Intro:
Welcome to the new year once again! We have a God who loves and watches over us. He doesn’t check in on us occasionally, He sees us all the time within and without. What can be more comforting than that!
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Where shall I go from Your spirit? Where shall I flee from Your presence? - Psalm 139:7 Click To TweetEl Roi, I Know That You See Me
It was Hagar who first gave You this profound name
Alone in the wilderness You found her
But You were not there to strike or lay blame
El Roi, You comforted her affliction
Sometimes I cannot share my tribulations
I feel that people may not understand me
But You speak Your peace to my apprehensions
El Roi, You satisfy my deepest needs
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(Related: I will never leave you nor forsake you)
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And each day as I struggle to make sense
Of issues that harbour contradictions
I pray to view them through Your holy lens
For El Roi, You are the omniscient God
I am strengthened like Hagar, the poor maid
Though temptations and trials beset me
My confidence even before I seek aid
Is El Roi, I know that You see me
Ⓒ Edith Ugochi Ohaja 2019
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(Related: 10 Quotes About God’s Love)
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Scriptural References
Genesis 16:4-14 (KJV)
4[And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.]
5[And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong ] be[ upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the ] Lord[ judge between me and thee.] 6[But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid ] is[ in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.]
7[And the angel of the ] Lord[ found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.]
8[And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.] 9[And the angel of the ] Lord[ said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.]
10[And the angel of the ] Lord[ said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.]
11[And the angel of the ] Lord[ said unto her, Behold, thou ] art[ with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the ] Lord[ hath heard thy affliction.]
12[And he will be a wild man; his hand ] will be[ against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.]
13[And she called the name of the ] Lord[ that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?]
14[Wherefore the well was called Beer–lahai–roi; behold, ] it is[ between Kadesh and Bered.]
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(Related: “I Will Go Before You”)
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Psalm 139:1-18
1. [O ] Lord[, thou hast searched me, and known ] me[.]
2[Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.]
3[Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted ] with[ all my ways.]
4[For ] there is[ not a word in my tongue, ] but[, lo, O ] Lord[, thou knowest it altogether.]
5[Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.]
6Such[ knowledge ] is[ too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot ] attain[ unto it.]
7[Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?]
8[If I ascend up into heaven, thou ] art[ there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou ] art there[.]
9If[ I take the wings of the morning, ] and[ dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;]
10[Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.]
11[If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.]
12[Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light ] are[ both alike ] to thee[.]
13[For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.]
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(Related: He Who Gave Up His Own Son For Us All – A Meditation on God’s Unparalleled Kindness)
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14[I will praise thee; for I am fearfully ] and[ wonderfully made: marvellous ] are[ thy works; and ] that[ my soul knoweth right well.] 15[My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, ] and[ curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.]
16[Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all ] my members[ were written, ] which[ in continuance were fashioned, when ] as yet there was[ none of them.]
17[How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!]
18If[ I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.] “
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The scriptures used in this post are from the King James Version of the Holy Bible except where otherwise stated.
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