Apprentice 2 Jesus

God saw Israel and he knew.

The verse says this: “God saw the people of Israel—and God knew” (Ex. 2:25, ESV).

The Israelites had spent hundreds of years in captivity and the slavery was wearing them down. Their groaning reached the ears of God. He heard them.

That verse in the ESV struck me: He saw and he knew. (It is smoothed out in the TNIV by saying, “he was concerned about them.”)

God saw. God knew.

He is the One who hears the cries of his people. Our cries do not fall on deaf ears. God may not respond in our good time, but we can know he does indeed see where we are and he knows.

God’s response to Israel was powerful. It may have seemed far too long for Israel to be in slavery, but when God responded it was HUGE. God sees. God knows.

Sometimes that may not be so comforting. He sees and he knows, and we really don’t appreciate it in that moment! We may be doing something we wished he didn’t see.

The words are piercing as well as comforting. He knows me. He knows my situation. Who is like our God? He is the One who sees, who knows, and who responds. There is no one like our God.