“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.”
God hears the boy crying, and the angel of God calls to Hagar from heaven asking what is the matter, assuring her that God has heard the boy crying as he lies there. The divine attention is to Ishmael — the name meaning God hears is receiving exactly what his name announced. Genesis 16:11 gave the name because God heard Hagar's misery; now God hears Ishmael's crying. The application: the name God gave in the wilderness is the testimony that covers every subsequent wilderness. What God said about your situation is the word that speaks most truthfully into its worst moments.
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