Single Women of the Bible: Seeing God No Matter Your Relationship Status Намуна

Hagar: Genesis 16

When you read through God’s Word as a single woman, you may not see yourself reflected in the “hero” stories of the Bible, but, you’re wrong.

In fact, the very first person recorded in the Bible to call the Lord by His name was Hagar, a single mom.

The story of Hagar may seem quite similar to how you are feeling as a single woman. Like Hagar, you may feel like you wear your “single” relationship status like a scarlet letter of shame. Hagar, being a single, pregnant woman was as vulnerable as you can be as a woman in that time and place. So, when the Lord calls her by name in Genesis 16:8 and says “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” it’s like he has an exact GPS on her life. His question wasn’t because He didn’t know where she physically was, but it was one of care. He knew the details of her situation and He cared for her.

She saw Him and said, “So she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, ‘You are a God of seeing’ for she said, ‘Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.”- Genesis 16:13

Maybe, right now as a single woman, you long for someone to truly see you. As an Egyptian servant girl, Hagar had never truly seen beyond her status. God saw her, her painful past, and her fears about the future and He gave her a blessing and spoke to her deepest fears by providing her hope and comfort.

Maybe, you feel like when people see you, they see your relationship status and you wear “single” as an identity that makes you ashamed of who you are. What is God saying to you today? Walk in your true identity and status, instead of “single” see yourself as first “seen” by God.