Eye-Opening Prayer

Then God opened her eyes
and she saw a well of water.
So she went and filled the skin with water
and gave the boy a drink.
[Gen 21:19]

Sometimes we just need to pray for God to open our eyes to see the solution already before us (and I'm "preachin' to the choir," folks!).

Do not be discouraged, dear one, God hears your cries of distress. He has a plan.

Granted, kept in the context of this passage, there is so much more going on with Hagar in this situation than we will ever fully grasp, but can you at least consider, in your own life experience, that God knows and that He has an answer to your situation?

Hagar was experiencing troubles inflicted by others but that did not negate God's intervention. Hagar cried out to God in desperation. She had lost all hope for her son's survival. Yet, God had a plan she did not see. Is that possible for you? He may have a plan for blessing before you that your distress blocks from view.

May you find encouragement in these words spoken by Isaiah:

Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you;
he rises to show you compassion.
For the LORD is a God of justice.
Blessed are all who wait for him!
[Is 30:18]

Open our eyes, dear God, to see Your plan for us. A plan for blessing and not destruction. A plan with hope and a future. Amen.