Scripture: Genesis 16:5
“I put my slave in your arms, and now that she
knows she is pregnant, she despises me.”
What might cause you to despise someone? What
makes you feel that you’re better than someone else?
Hagar looked down on Sarai because she had done
something that Sarai couldn’t. She had succeeded where Sarai failed. The slave
was now the master, the more desirable wife, and both of them knew it. You can
imagine the attitude Hagar gave Sarai when the older woman asked her to do
something. “Why should I serve you? I’m the one giving Abram a child, after
all!”
Even though we would consider Hagar the victim of
the story by today’s standards, this story reminds us that we’re all better than
some people at certain things. We all have a measure of skill, opportunity, and
luck that some others around us don’t share. When we are blessed, we need to
maintain an attitude of humility toward others and recognize that we could lose
our good fortune very easily.
How is God calling you to behave more humbly toward
others?
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