All Gone

How far must we go before we seek God? There are times we must go pretty far down until we admit that we can no longer do it on our own.

Hager has been sent away. She went out on her own until she couldn't go any further, until all the water was all used up. At that point she abandoned all hope and left the boy to die alone as she went a little and cried.

At that deep moment, God responded. God came at this low point because Hager cried out and need help.

We also need to reach the point in our lives where we stop trying to do it on our own. We need to cry out just like Hagar. Hagar could not physically or spiritually save herself or her son. We too, can not save ourselves, we need to cry out to God for the salvation that we have in Christ.

Gen 21:15-21 15 When the water in the skin was used up, she left the boy under one of the bushes. 16 Then she went and sat down opposite him, about a bowshot away, for she said, "Do not let me see the boy die." And she sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice and wept. 17 God heard the lad crying; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, "What is the matter with you, Hagar? Do not fear, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is. 18 "Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him by the hand, for I will make a great nation of him." 19 Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the skin with water and gave the lad a drink. 20 God was with the lad, and he grew; and he lived in the wilderness and became an archer. 21 He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt. NAS


Stop trying to do what only God can do. Depend on God and God alone.