Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Genesis 21:17-19
by: Angie Osborn.
This passage is such a neat parallel to how God saves us. Hagar was hopeless. She was alone, afraid, and in the wild. She was so overwhelmed and distraught that she had given up on the life of her boy. She was waiting for death. Then the Lord called out to her, led her to a well, and gave her hope for her future as well as that of her son. He does that for us too. When we are lost and afraid, he calls out to us. He tells us not to despair, but to put our trust in him. When we were waiting for death, he provided us with living water, the Lord Jesus Christ. When we put our trust in him and salvation through Christ, we can be confident that we will spend eternity with him.