God Sees, God Hears

and the Angel of The Lord said to her:
"Behold, you are with child, and you shall bear a son.
You shall call him Ishmael, because the Lord heard your affliction.
He shall be a wild man; His hand shall be against every man, and every mans hand against him.
And he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren."
Then she called the name of The Lord who spoke her, 'You are the God Who Sees; for she said, "have I also seen Him who sees me?" Genesis 16;11-13

Hagar was an Egyptian slave in Abram's house yet here the God of Heaven bothers with her and seeks her when she runs away from her mistress, Sarai.

Not only does He seek her, to save her and her son to be born, He gives her a face to face meeting, something He did not give Sarai.

What sort of God reaches out through race and creed and begins to walk with them? We cannot say that God was only interested in one nation, he chose a man from Ur and called him to a land and then he develops his reach into all the world around him.

The people that Ishmael fathered were the Arabs, the ones that now fight with Israel. The prophesy that God gave Hagar said that he would always be at odds with others, so why do we complain?

We need to go back and get to know the heart of our God and stop adopting worldly views and opinions.

Jesus came into this mix and brought a better way. His way is the only way to peace. He is the true unifier, the saviour, the healer of all broken relationships. He alone is God. Amen!

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