Genesis 16:13 says, “Then she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, ‘You are God Who Sees’; for she said, ‘Have I not even here [in the wilderness] remained alive after seeing Him [who sees me with understanding and compassion]?’”
In this story, we read a few second-class outcast woman whom her master used to try to supply an offspring when things weren’t going as Abraham and Sarai had planned. As she is wandering within the desert, on the brink of death, she is met by God. She asks the Lord his name, and his response is mind-blowing.
He is the God Who Sees.
He sees us—the entire us, who we actually are. He understands our pain, desires, confusion, and struggles, and is the last word judge of our hearts. He works in our lives in unique ways, so we would come to know him and his love.
When we capture this, we are able to let go of a few of our misguided should be judge and jury when encountering the sin of others. We can trust that God sees them, sees us, and is doing all he can to succeed in us. We can let go of the necessity to cancel and embrace a heart of affection for others.
We often struggle to supply friendship, a listening ear, and a spot at our tables with those battling sin because we’re scared that God will not be large enough to handle our struggles. We are inclined to urge, persuade, and even worse, shame someone who’s lost to the way in which because we’re anxious for God. We can’t change God’s Word to make sin lower than it’s, and we can also trust that God can speak to the hearts of all humankind, regardless of what our struggles.
As believers, we are able to let go of cancel culture since it’s not our job to cancel; we’re here to be the sunshine to all who know us. If a one who identifies in a different way than you, God calls you to be a lightweight to them. You don’t must change the bible, you don’t must say what they’re doing is best, but you’ll be able to show them the love of Jesus.
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