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SGA Chapel - 9/13/2024 — 9/13/2024 10:00 AM
Today's chapel is led by Cedarville University's Student Government Association. SGA Chaplain Trey Storr, speaking from Genesis 16, teaches us about Abram's unbelievable sin, God's unbelievable kindness, and the promise fulfilled.
Notes
Today’s chapel was led by SGA Chaplain Trey Storr. He led the audience through Genesis 15–16 and explored one of the Lord’s names, El Roi. He began by telling the story of Abram and Hagar. He emphasized the importance of Abram’s sin and the fact that it had consequences.
The Lord promised Abram that He would make him a great nation. Abram decided not to wait on the Lord and took matters into his own hands. He used Hagar to have a child and didn’t wait for God’s will. He committed a grave sin, and the Bible mentioned it three times. God saw this, and there were consequences. It led to broken relationships and strife in Abram’s family. It is important for all of us to remember that God sees our sin and that there are consequences. God saw that Abram had terribly wronged Hagar.
Trey wanted the students to understand the weight of their sin by saying, “I believe that we need to wake up to the spiritual reality of sin. Our sin is serious, and we need to take it seriously.”
But God also saw Hagar. He saw her in her pain and brokenness and called her by name. He gave her the same blessings and promises that he once gave Abram. She too would have a nation come from her lineage. God reached out to her and was with her.
Trey emphasized the meaning of El Roi, the God who sees, by saying, “Your God sees you. God sees the hurting and the broken and He loves you.”
The final takeaway is that God’s promises came true. He fulfilled His promises and made His name known. We can trust in the promises of Jesus Christ and rest in knowing that what He says is true. Everything that He has promised will come to pass. We can also rest by knowing that God sees us and is with us. We are not alone, and God will deliver us from our hurts.
The repeated main idea from today’s message was this: No amount of brokenness or fallenness can keep us from God’s sight.
No matter whether you can relate more to Abram or Hagar, you can still choose to run to the God who sees you.