“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?”
Genesis 16:13 KJV
After her encounter with Yahweh, Hagar called Him by a special Name, “You are the God of my Seeing”, for she said, “Oh my, did I just see God and live to talk about it?” This encounter at the well reminds us of a later time when Jesus would journey to a well to meet a woman who had a history of running from God. At this well of Jacob, the Living One again sees into the heart of a woman and speaks mercy to her. At Jesus’s encounter with the woman at Jacob’s well, “God saw” into her heart, and she saw into God’s. This is the sacred place where God sees into our hearts, inspite of our hidden motives, and speaks mercy and grace to us. Let’s be those who are able to receive mercy and grace because of Christ’s unconditional love shown at the Cross for us, and be those who speak mercy and grace to others. We live in the age where mercy triumphs over judgment. Let’s allow God’s unconditional love to flow through us to every person we meet, and give glory to Jesus through our lives!
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