DevotionalWhen God found Hagar in the wilderness, His instruction was surprising: “Return to your mistress and submit to her.” He was sending her back to the very situation she had fled. But this wasn’t a command to endure abuse—it was a direction...
DevotionalWhen the angel of the Lord found Hagar in the wilderness, something remarkable happened. This Egyptian servant girl, who had been treated as property and driven away by mistreatment, was seen by God. Not only seen, but known intimately. The angel...
DevotionalHagar found herself in the wilderness—alone, afraid, and uncertain of her future. She didn’t choose to be there, but the choices of others and her own response to mistreatment had led her to this desolate place. Many of us have experienced wilderness...
DevotionalAt the heart of Sarah and Abraham’s mistake was a fundamental misunderstanding about how God works. They attempted to fulfill a promise of grace through human works. Sarah’s plan represented the age-old human tendency to believe we must earn or...
DevotionalHave you ever grown impatient waiting for God to fulfill a promise? Sarah certainly did. After ten years of waiting for the child God had promised, she decided to take matters into her own hands. She offered her servant Hagar to Abraham as a way to...
