Yet He abideth faithful

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“And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee. But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face”.

While it is true that God is slow to anger and plenteous in mercy (Psalm 103: 8), He will not remove actions from their consequences. This still remains the basic rule of His creation. Even science acknowledges this rule with Newton’s third Law, action and reaction are equal and opposite. Everyone knows that you will get apples if you plant apple seeds and oranges if you plant orange seeds. Even evolutionary biologists believe that a mutation will lead to changed genotypes in the next generation. In this case the minute that Sarah  (Sarai) chose a certain course of action she chose the consequences of that action. Hagar was Sarah’s slave and everything that belonged to Hagar actually belonged to Sarah. If Hagar had a child then that child would belong to Sarah. By this time Sarah was also suffering a crisis in hope and chose to help God deal with her problem of childlessness. This was quite legitimate under the rites of that day. However, Hagar had the child that Sarah had not be able to have, at that stage. This reminds us of Proverbs 30: 21-23, “For three things the earth is disquieted... an handmaiden that is her to her mistress.” At this stage Hagar had the heir that Sarah could not produce and she started to forget that she was still Sarah’s slave. Sarah blamed Abraham so Abraham let Sarah did whatever she wanted to Hagar and Hagar ran away. Even though Sarah had her crisis in hope the Lord remained faithful and, according to God’s perfect timing, Sarah had the son that God had promised and that son was an ancestor of the One person Who was able to bless all the families of the earth. Even though we lose hope and act without godly wisdom God always remains faithful (2 Tim 2: 13)