Hagar was Sarai’s servant. She had no voice and no choice. She was given to Sarai’s husband, Abram, to conceive a child for Sarai. She’s the first recorded surrogate in the Bible. But she had no choice in the very fleshly decision Sarai & Abram made.
When Hagar became pregnant, she became contentious towards Sarai—which only made her mistress angry and abusive. Hagar ran away—she ran to a well of water in the wilderness. God found her there. He asked a question he’s since asked me. “Where have you come from, and where are you going?”
Stop and ask yourself that question. Where have you come from? Who are you? What has shaped you? Who invested in you? What did they invest? What has caused you to be who you are right now? And maybe…what are you running away from?
And now answer this: Where are you going? What do you want? What changes will you make? For what intent and purpose has God created you? Who will you follow? How do you get there?
At the end of this conversation with God, Hagar declares, “You are the God who sees me!” She’d been invisible; a tool to be used at the whim of others. But God…the God who sees…saw her. He saw her situation. And he loved her. He cared. And he had a plan.
God sees you, too.
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