Genesis 21
WHAT TROUBLES YOU?

Sometimes we have some pretty big things that concern us. When we face crises of health, in relationships, at work, in our finances or in any other area of life, we can feel like there is noting we can do to change the situation we have found ourselves in. We might have tried everything and can’t see any other ways to go.

Hagar was in that position as she and Ishmael wandered in the wilderness and ran out of water. Hagar put Ishmael down under a bush and walked away so that she didn’t have to watch him die.

It was then that God sent an angel to her. He came with a fascinating question: “What troubles you, Hagar?” (Genesis 21 v 17 ESV). He then gave Hagar a promise, and then a solution. Their lives were saved!

What troubles us? Whatever it is, it is nothing that God cannot control or fix. It is possible that God won’t do anything at all, but whether he does nor not, we can always be sure that everything is still working our for our good. (Romans 8 v 28).

Let’s tell God what troubles us, give him thanks, and trust him to deal with it.

May our lives be lived in earnest and faithful prayer this week.

With love in our Lord,
Robert

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Robert Prins
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