Names Of God

God is known by different Names which reveal His power and personality. Here are two of these Names:

Genesis 16: 13 Here Hagar calls Him El Roi, the God Who Sees Me. No one ever escapes His notice, He watches each one of us. 

Genesis 17: 1 Here God calls Himself El Shaddai, God Almighty, to Abraham. He is the God who is Almighty, He has all power over everything. He is Sovereign over all, no one else anywhere or anytime has or will ever be able to call Him to account, as we are all accountable to Him alone.

So the Almighty God sees us. He sees my sitting and my standing; my isolation and my reaching out to others; my staying home and my going out. He understands all my thoughts and intentions, and He sovereignly guides my steps. My free will allows me to chose, but only within His fenced-in yard: No matter how I choose, it will not mess up His plans for me, or for all Time. 

But if I choose poorly, looking only at the immediate result, I can put all kinds of trouble into my life, that I would be able to avoid, had I considered His ways and the long-term consequences. 

O my Father, Almighty God Who Sees Me, please guard my goings, that in my weakness Your strength will be perfected. I am destitute and in desperate need of You, my Lord. In You alone can I accomplish anything. Glorify Yourself in my life, because You alone deserve all the credit, all the honor and glory.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!