Hebrews 4:15 NIV "For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin."
Psalm 139:1–2 O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar.”
“You don't understand.”
“Nothing in life is more healing than to be truly understood.”
“To be understood by God is far greater than to be understood by man”
"While God empathizes with how we arrived at a painful point, he doesn't endorse the paths that pain has created, is creating, or could create for us."
1. God Knows Us
Omniscience
Psalms 139:1 "O Lord, You have searched me and known me!"
Psalms 139:2 You know when I sit and when I rise
Psalms 139:3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
Psalms 139:4 Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely.
Psalms 139:5 You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me.
2. God Sees Us
El Roi
Genesis 16:13 “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.”
3. God walked with Us
John 1:14 “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.
Hebrews 4:15 "For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses
I can stop running!
I can face truth
I can rest in being seen
