- Have you ever felt insignificant or unimportant?
- Have you ever felt mistreated or used?
- Well, that's how Hagar felt!
- But never let your feelings of your current condition become your reality of God's love or God's heart.
- Never let the enemy fill your mind with thoughts of abandonment or rejection.
- We have a God who sees where you are and cares about the condition you are in.
- In this story we find Hagar running away from her problem, into the dessert.
- She is on a path that is taking her back to where she came from, Egypt.
- She was pulled into Abram and Sarai's attempt to produce God's Promise, man's way...
- And then she is mistreated and seen as the problem.
- She is the "fall guy" or "fall girl"
- She is not the problem but she sure feels like it.
- So you would think that she is just a side story...
- A sub-plot or a write off...
- No, not in God's eyes!
- In God's eyes, she is valuable!
- She is Significant!
- When Hagar runs off into the desert after being treated harshly by Sarai, God comes chasing after her!
- He literally chases her down to remind her that she is valuable.
- In Gen. 16:10, it says, "Then the Angel of the Lord said to her, “I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude.”
- The Angel of The Lord also tells her that she is pregnant and the chiLd within her should be named, "Ishmael, Because the Lord has heard your affliction. (Gen.16:11)
- He is the God who sees and hears!
- The Lord gives her a glimpse into her future.
- He fills her with value and worth!
- in the middle of her emptiness and loneliness He brings Hope and fullness!
- That is our God.
- The same God who sees you as Significant.
- The same God who says, today, "You are Valuable"!
- Our God who wants to re-fill you with purpose and acceptance!
- Know, today, that you are valuable.
- Know that your story is not over!
- There is still more to His plan for your life.
- God loves you and wants to accomplish His plan through you!
- Let Him fill you with value and purpose, Today!
- He is the God who sees and hears you!
- Have a great Monday!