He's Watching You [Day 34]
By Pastor Amreitha Jeeva
Jehovah himself is caring for you! He is your defender. He protects you day and night. He keeps you from all evil and preserves your life. He keeps his eye upon you as you come and go and always guards you. (Psalm 121:5-8 TLB)
My husband and I are often shouting this question from one room to another in our house.
“Do you have eyes on (insert child’s name)?”
My heart sunk the other day when I heard back, “No! Do you?” to my question about the whereabouts of my son.
We both quickly began searching the whole house for him! Seriously, one second he was next to me, and the next, gone! HOW DO KIDS DO THAT?!
This is one of the scariest moments you face as a parent. I LOST MY KID?! Surely he’s in the house somewhere, right?
WRONG! He had taken an opportunity when my husband opened the door to grab something from the garage to slip outside when we weren’t looking. KIDS ARE SNEAKY!
After a few minutes of running all over the house looking for him, and my husband searching outside, we found him... IN THE CAR.
Homeboy decided to go on a drive!
Actually, he remembered that his Thomas the Tank Engine book was in there and went to get it.
The RELIEF that washed over me when my husband found him in the car was like nothing else! Relief but also utter PANIC of what could’ve happened, along with thoughts of how to make sure this never happens again, flooded through my mind.
The crazy twist to this story is that our friend was driving up to the house at the exact moment my son walked out of the front door, down the sidewalk, and into the car. HE SAW THE WHOLE THING! When we weren’t looking, he was!
I couldn’t believe that during the moments he was out of sight, someone had eyes on him!
Like my friend who had his eye on my son when we didn’t, you can trust that God “keeps his eye upon you as you come and go and always guards you.” During this difficult season of COVID-19, it can feel like God is nowhere to be found. But the reality is, just when you think you’re on your own, HIS EYES ARE ON YOU. He sees you, and He won’t look away. You can trust Him to be your defender, your protector, the one who will “preserve your life” in the midst of a pandemic.
Trust Him. Trust Him when nothing makes sense. Trust Him when everything feels out of control. Trust Him with the unknown. Trust that when it feels like no one sees you, He does… and He’ll be there every single time you need Him.
Prayer
Thank You, Jesus, for seeing us when it feels like no one else is looking. Thank You that we are not lost but we are FOUND in You. We believe today that You are our defender, our protector, and the one we can trust with everything. We love You so much. Amen.
