The Knowledge of Men and God

 God Sees Hagar had a hard time. She went through a lot of affliction and she had part of the blame. Now she was in the wilderness fleeing for her mistress Sarai. Sarai had come up with the idea for Abram to get a child with Hagar since Sarai didn’t get any. In this way Sarai would get a child through Hagar, her maid. But when Hagar actually conceived Hagar began to despise Sarai and the end result was that Sarai became frustrated, dealt harshly with her and that Hagar fled from her home.  Sarai was to blame for coming up with the idea to use polygamy here, but when God came to Hagar to talk to her He told her to submit herself to Sarai again. Hagar was to blame for despising Sarai and agreeing with the plan. Instead of just speaking about Sarai’s guilt Hagar had to make the first step and submit herself. But God was not there just to give her a tough decision to make. No direct rebuke came from Him. He only commanded and made Hagar search herself.  And after that He show...

 Humility of Peace In Genesis 16 an unfortunate family quarrel is recorded.The first cause was Sarai who advised Abram to take Hagar so they could get a child through her. Hagar was Sarai’s servant. Sarai herself did not have any children and even though God promised they would get a child, Sarai believed it couldn’t be through her. But the polygamy became an occasion for quarrel and when Hagar did conceive the consequences were dire: [Gen 16:4-6 NKJV] 4 So he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became despised in her eyes. 5 Then Sarai said to Abram, "My wrong [be] upon you! I gave my maid into your embrace; and when she saw that she had conceived, I became despised in her eyes. The LORD judge between you and me." 6 So Abram said to Sarai, "Indeed your maid [is] in your hand; do to her as you please." And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from her presence. Hagar despised her mistress Sarai, it was ba...