A secure future

“And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation. And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.”

No one wants to see their child die so Hagar left the child in the shade and then she went away so that she couldn’t see his agony. Hagar was in a difficult position. She was a slave and had no personal rights. Her owner, Sarah, had forced her to have Abraham’s child because Sarah had been unable to have a child. This child was her only hope for the future and she had to make sure that the child survived and grew to adulthood. After all, Sarah was an old woman and she would soon die, surely, Ishmael would look after his biological mother when she was old. However, Sarah now had her own child and she had to fight much harder to ensure the survival of her child to secure her own future. Now, the child, her hope for the future, was close to death and she had nothing to live for; no wonder she was weeping. At this stage, God called out to her from heaven, she was so distraught that she couldn’t see the well that was close by. Not only that, God promised her a secure future because God told her that her son would become the father of a great nation. God is faithful and He rewards those who trust in Him. No one can actually impress God, after all, He created the heavens and the earth but if we cry out to Him and accept that He is the Lord then He will give us all the benefits of His goodness even though we don’t deserve them. On top of this, God has also ensured that all the legal issues of sin have been dealt with by giving His Son as a sacrifice to pay the penalty of our sin. We have everlasting life and we haven’t done anything at all, just believed in the Only Begotten Son.

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(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)