BUT GOD HAS SEEN 

Today's reading: Genesis 28-31

"...But God has seen your cruelty and my hard work..." Genesis 32:42 NLT

The account of Jacob is full of ups and downs, twists and turns, hard work and unfairness.

Our lives are like that, too, aren't they?

Jacob felt God with him.

Jacob called upon the Lord in times of need.

Jacob referenced the Almighty in regards to all the blessings he had received.

Jacob listened and obeyed as God directed him to stay, or to go.

And in the end, despite the turmoil with his father-in-law, Jacob remembered what we all need to keep in mind...

God has seen.

Those three words evoke hope in our hearts.

They should stir up faith in our deepest core.

The enormity of them will get us through the toughest of times.

Nothing we endure goes unseen by our Father.

Nothing anyone does to us slips under His radar.

Nothing comes into our lives without having first being known by Him.

Even today.

Even now.

Even 'this', whatever your 'this' might currently be.