A Lesson from Hagar
7:00 AMHagar's story is found in Genesis 16 & 21
Even as a child I have always had a tendency to root for the underdog, however in our study of Sarah and Hagar this week, both of our women's lives are not perfect, and both have reasons enough for us to take pity on them.
- Both have unmet desires, or longings in their life.
- Both make mistakes.
- Both must deal with the consequences to their actions.
- Yet, both are cared for by God.
When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress. Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my slave in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the Lord judge between you and me.” “Your slave is in your hands,” Abram said. “Do with her whatever you think best.” Then Sarai mistreated Hagar; so she fled from her. Genesis 16:5-6
The angel of the Lord found Hagar near a spring in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur. And he said, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered. Then the angel of the Lord told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.” The angel added, “I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.” Genesis 16:7-10
She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.” That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi; it is still there, between Kadesh and Bered. - Genesis 16:13-14 (emphasis mine)
El Roi, is the One who sees YOU, and those forsaken. The One who knows the strangers, the down-trotted, brokenhearted, and unloved. He is the One who formed us in our mother's womb; who gives courage to the frightened, and enables us to go back and do the right things. He is the One who knew her name before the beginning of time and knew the great nation that would come from Hagar.
How powerful is that? He knows not only your name, but your future. The God who spoke planets into existence, sees us. And tells us we are the apple of His eye. -Zechariah 2:8
Are you running right now? Or tempted to flee, give up and in? Are there trials your facing that you wish you could get out from? I truly believe, if we aren't in a trial at the moment we will be one day and I pray Hagar's story will be a great example to all of us!
Blessings,
Sue
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