Throughout Scripture, God is called by various names. Each name describes a part of His character. Hagar first used one of these names. When God met her in her distress, she said, “You are the God WHO SEES ME…I have now seen the One who sees me” (Genesis 16:13). “the God WHO SEES ME“ is translated “EL ROI” in Hebrew.
“I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. YOUR EYES SAW MY SUBSTANCE, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them.” (Psa. 139:14-16) El Roi is the God who numbers the hairs on our heads and counts our every tear. HE KNOWS EVERY DETAIL OF OUR CIRCUMSTANCES. When we pray to El Roi, we are praying to the God who knows everything about us. Even the most attentive parent must sleep; but our Heavenly Father NEVER CLOSES HIS EYES TO US. El Roi never misses a detail of what is happening. HE SEES EVERYTHING, AND IS VERY PROTECTIVE OF US.
-Bill Stockham