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- “And God heard the voice of the boy; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, and said to her, ‘What troubles you, Hagar? Do not be afraid; for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is. Come, lift up the boy and hold him fast with your hand, for I will make a great nation of him.’
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Genesis 21. GOD’S WORD Translation. God Provides for Hagar and Ishmael. 21 The Lord came to help Sarah and did for her what he had promised. 2 So she became pregnant, and at the exact time God had promised, she gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age. 3 Abraham named his newborn son Isaac. 4 When Isaac was eight days old, Abraham ...
- 5 Ways God Saw Hagar
- What Is God's Promise to Hagar?
- Hagar’s Part in God’s Masterpiece
- What Hagar's Story Means For You
Hagar was a woman who experienced being seen by God in all her hurt, all her bitterness, and all the unfairness of her life. Being met and seen by God, praying and crying out to Him, and then hearing from Him, changed her life. She knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that God saw and loved her. God saw Hagar in five ways. First, God saw Hagar's fault...
Later, God saw and met with Hagar again. We read this in Genesis 21:1-21. This second time, the Lord God asked Hagar to be a vivid picture of sad slavery to the Law and therefore an essential picture of everyone’s need to reject futile ways to draw near to God. This second encounter took place after Sarah had her own son. She saw the threat that Is...
While the Master took tender care of mother and son, He asked them to become a picture of the Law of Moses that cannot save us, as we see in Galatians 4:24-25. This was for God’s infinitely wise purposes and glory forever. In his letter to the Galatian believers, Paul obliterates the Law as a way to salvation or holiness. He does this by holding up...
God sees you and He cherishes you. This marvelous reality is true every moment and minute of our lives, not just sometimes. And this reality is true whether or not we sense our Master’s deep love and care. Sometimes we feel it, but most of the time we don’t. Still, it’s always vibrantly real. A child doesn’t always feel loved by her mom and dad, bu...
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- God Hears and Sees Us. We all are born into this world with a relational need to have our caregiver hear and see us; to be in tune with us, our needs, and what we are experiencing.
- God Provides. The first time that Hagar encounters the angel of the Lord in the desert, she is by a spring of water. But the second time she is in the desert, to her knowledge, there is no water to be found.
- God Is Faithful to the Outcast. Hagar had so many things going against her. She was a slave, a foreigner, and hated by a woman in power. Her son was in fact the patriarch’s first son, but, even by God’s account, was not the son chosen to carry on God’s covenant.
- God Still Works, Even When We Go off Plan. Finally, we can see through Hagar’s story that God is powerful and will still find ways to love us and glorify himself, even when we don’t stick to his original plan.
17 God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; ( O ) God has heard the boy crying as he lies there. 18 Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.
God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there. Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
Gen 16:13 is an extraordinary moment in Scripture. The narrator introduces Hagar’s words with a striking expression afforded no one else: Hagar calls the name of the Lord who spoke to her. By literally calling God “He sees me” (El roi), Hagar testifies to her personal experience.
