Now the angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur. 8 He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s maid, where have you come from and where are you going?” And she said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.” 9 Then the angel of the LORD said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself to her authority.” 10 Moreover, the angel of the LORD said to her, “I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count.” 11 The angel of the LORD said to her further,
Wow, the angel of the Lord did know the underlying issue. She wasn't submitted to her mistress. Now, whatever I may think of this rather interesting arrangement, she was still supposed to be submitted to Sarai. Maybe that is why the whole thing fell apart. Maybe she figured she was carrying Abram's kid so she should be top dog. I can imagine feeling that way. And, God already knew he had the plan of giving Abram and Sarai a child of their own, but Hagar did not know that.
I love how God sees the difficulty of our circumstances even when we have to stay in them.
The angel gives her a promise. She is promised that her descendants would multiply and be too many to count also. How interesting.
God seems to help encourage his children to go the way He would like them to go. He doesn't just order and wait for them to fail. He sends messengers, He allows encouragement.
Hmmmmm
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