Gen 16:1-3

Brokenness Everywhere

• Sarai (Sarah)
• Abram (Abraham)
• Hagar

Gen 16:4-6

Summary

• People buying into cultural definitions of success, purpose, and personhood
• People living passively when bad stuff is going on around them
• People moving from victim to oppressor to victim
• People living with the repercussions of all the brokenness

Gen 16:7-16

Into this Mess Steps God

• He knew her location
• He knew her name
• He knew her situation
• He gave her a hard task
• He provided a promise

Two Takeaways

1. "The God Who Sees" means you are known
2. "The God Who Sees" offers remedy, not relief

When we behod the God Who Sees, we become the people who live surrendered to Him.