The God Who Sees Me
“The Angel of the LORD found Hagar near a spring in the desert.” - Genesis 16:7 Genesis 16 introduces us to one of the most tender moments in Scripture , the first appearance of “the Angel of the LORD. ” Before this chapter, God walked with Adam, spoke to Cain, and guided Noah and Abraham, but never before does the Bible use this special title. And the remarkable thing is this , the very first person to encounter the Angel of the LORD is not a prophet, a king, or a spiritual hero, but Hagar , a slave, a foreigner, and a mistreated pregnant woman running into the desert to escape her pain. The One whom heaven adores comes down to meet a woman whom earth has rejected. Hagar’s story is especially heartbreaking because the suffering she endured was not of her own making . She did not choose her circumstances; they were forced upon her. As an Egyptian slave, she had no voice, no rights, and no freedom. She was mistreated b...