https://odb.org/MY/2023/05/11/god-sees-understands-and-cares
In general, most of us are anonymous in a crowd. Unless we are a well-known person like a celebrity, a prominent politician, or a famous sportsperson, we will just be an unknown someone in the crowd. It is only when we are placed in a social group like our workplace, our school, or our church that we have a name to our face. We then have an identity. That’s just how human beings have evolved. Everyone’s a stranger unless we have known him or her from somewhere. There are also just too many of us for everyone to know each other.
Although we are anonymous to each other, if we were to take a bird’s eye view and break down each and every one of us, all of us are going through something. In a crowd in a mall, some may be there to window shop, some to buy something, some to eat a meal or a snack, some to meet someone. But everyone is going through something or on a journey. Thus, anonymous we may be, everyone is a precious soul trying to cope with the demands of this natural life, and hopefully, make it past this temporal world unto the realm of eternity. We are too complex a being of our spirit, soul, and body to just live this life on earth only. There must be more to life after death.
The beauty of this whole scenario is that as much as we are anonymous in a crowd and no one from outside is able to see what’s going on behind closed doors and drawn curtains, God sees each and everyone of us whether we are His children or not. He sees understands and cares for each and every one of us. If we don’t know Him yet, He will give us many chances to know Him. If we are superficial in relating to Him, He will draw us deeper to Him. Jesus will draw us closer to His Father, our Father. The Holy Spirit, the Helper given to us after Jesus ascended to heaven to be with the Father, will convict and guide and strengthen our faith.
We are never and will never be anonymous to God. Our entire history as a natural being born into this world is at his fingertips. He knows us inside and out. In fact, our future is also known to Him. Our struggles, our trauma, our sufferings, our tears and sorrows are known to Him, and He sees, understands, and cares for us. In fact, He was right there with us through our valleys and mountain top experiences in life. He sees and knows all those moments when we honoured Him by not doing evil, all those moments when we did good and helped another person in need despite our shortcomings. He saw those times when we sent money to people in need, and those people experienced that God cared for them through us.
Sometimes, we feel we are anonymous and all alone in this world fighting our own battles on our own. We are never alone, for Jesus is always with us, right there beside us to support and help us along. His presence is always only a prayer away. Put our trust in the Lord, and He will make our paths straight.
Ronnie's Thoughts 