The book of Genesis tells the stories of people with
whom God spoke face to face. Among those are Adam and Eve hiding from God in
the Garden, ship builder Noah taking dictation from God for the design of the
ark, and a woman who never thought God would take notice of her.
Hagar was a young teen when sold as a servant/slave to Abraham's household. Separated from family, friends and her homeland of Egypt, she was completely dependent under the control of her master Abraham and mistress Sarah. By today's standard her situation would be considered "human trafficking."
As decades flew by, Sarah became desperate to bring about God’s promise to make Abraham’s descendants as numberless as the stars. She acted on a common practice of the time and decided to choose a surrogate to have a child for Abraham. This was not God’s plan. The end result of two sons - two nations embroiled in bitter battling, persists unto this day.
Driven into the desert as a result of Sarah’s jealousy and Abraham’s
lack of courage, Hagar was soon to succumb to hyperthermia and
dehydration. As Hagar watched her beloved
son Ismael dying before her eyes, her desperate, heart-wrenching cries were
heard by “the One who sees me.”
Know this; our cries are heard, our sorrow seen and a life-line thrown to us in
times of crisis and great fear. “The God who sees” has our backs, leads and protects us
tenderly as a shepherd in pursuit of the one at the cliff’s edge.
“Fear not little flock for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you
the kingdom.” Luke 12:32
(His eye is on the sparrow)
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