Breath of Power - Week 42/04

Week 42: October 11 - 17, 2004

A WELL IN THE WILDERNESS

Key Passage: Genesis 21: 14-19

And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation. And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. - KJV

The above passage tells the story of an indigent woman carrying in her arms a child of destiny and wandering in a seemingly endless wilderness without water. She had just been driven out of the place she called home where she had every comfort she could have dreamt of in life. The water she had had ran out and her baby was crying and there was no one to help her. At the height of her despair, she cast the little boy under one of the bushes, went and sat away from him and wept bitterly. She thought she would lose the only precious possession she had. But God intervened and opened her eyes to see a well of water from which she gave drink to the boy.

God is good and compassionate. His ears are always open to the earnest cry of the poor, the needy and the afflicted. The Bible says, “For He will deliver the needy when he cries, the poor also, and him who has no helper” (Ps 72:12). He then said, “Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me” (Ps 50:11).

Heaven is not far away for God to hear when you cry. Psalm 102 verses 17 & 18 reads that the Lord stoops down from the height of His sanctuary in Heaven to listen to the voice of the prisoner and deliver those doomed to die. He will listen to your cry. When Hagar and the boy cried, God heard, and sent help to them. He opened her eyes to see the provision He has already made - a well in the wilderness. He said, “The beast of the field will honor Me, The jackals and the ostriches, because I give waters in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My people, My chosen” (Is 43: 20).

God will show you the well of provision He has made to sustain you in your situation. He is able both to show you the way out of the wilderness and to establish and prosper you in it. Hagar and his son Ishmael dwelt and prospered in that wilderness (Gen 21:20-21) because our God whose name is El Shaddai is the same both in the watered land and in the wilderness. Pray, Lord, open my eyes to see the well you have prepared for me in my situation; teach me to prosper even in my wilderness.

Written by – Evangelist Oguazi Onyemobi



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	Week 42: October 11 - 17, 2004 A WELL IN THE WILDERNESS Key Passage: Genesis 21: 14-19 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation. And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. - KJV The above passage tells the story of an indigent woman carrying in her arms a child of destiny and wandering in a seemingly endless wilderness without water. She had just been driven out of the place she called home where she had every comfort she could have dreamt of in life. The water she had had ran out and her baby was crying and there was no one to help her. At the height of her despair, she cast the little boy under one of the bushes, went and sat away from him and wept bitterly. She thought she would lose the only precious possession she had. But God intervened and opened her eyes to see a well of water from which she gave drink to the boy. God is good and compassionate. His ears are always open to the earnest cry of the poor, the needy and the afflicted. The Bible says, “For He will deliver the needy when he cries, the poor also, and him who has no helper” (Ps 72:12). He then said, “Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me” (Ps 50:11). Heaven is not far away for God to hear when you cry. Psalm 102 verses 17 & 18 reads that the Lord stoops down from the height of His sanctuary in Heaven to listen to the voice of the prisoner and deliver those doomed to die. He will listen to your cry. When Hagar and the boy cried, God heard, and sent help to them. He opened her eyes to see the provision He has already made - a well in the wilderness. He said, “The beast of the field will honor Me, The jackals and the ostriches, because I give waters in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My people, My chosen” (Is 43: 20). God will show you the well of provision He has made to sustain you in your situation. He is able both to show you the way out of the wilderness and to establish and prosper you in it. Hagar and his son Ishmael dwelt and prospered in that wilderness (Gen 21:20-21) because our God whose name is El Shaddai is the same both in the watered land and in the wilderness. Pray, Lord, open my eyes to see the well you have prepared for me in my situation; teach me to prosper even in my wilderness. Written by – Evangelist Oguazi Onyemobi

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