She cast the child under one of the shrubs

“And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.”

Everyone who wants to obey God will find a wilderness experience at some time in their life. Even the Lord Jesus Christ spent forty days in the wilderness before He began His ministry. During that time He was tempted for forty days. However, it is interesting to note that Beersheba is was named because it was the place of seven wells. Later in this chapter we find that abraham argued with Abimelech’s and Phichol because Abimelech’s servants had violently taken a well away from Abraham. Even though Hagar was in the desert and she could see no hope, she was in a place known for water. Thousands of year later Beersheba is still a well known place because of the water. Even though we may be in a wilderness place there is always a well nearby and God is letting us reach the stage where we cry out to him and then He will show us the well. In this case Hagar reached the end of her resources and put the child in some shade so she wouldn’t have to watch him die. But God intervened and child didn’t die.

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