What is ailing you?  Such an interesting phrase to be found in the Bible.  This question is raised in Genesis 21:17 to Hagar.  “What is ailing you” sounds like the Angel of the Lord does not know the answer.  After all, He is the one who spoke this to Hagar in the middle of her fear for Ishmael.  (Ishmael is her son.)  Could it be the angel of the Lord was asking a question of her faith?  Hagar was in such a place of fear and loss.  She was an obedient woman, a slave woman, bought by Abraham and Sarah to serve at their will.  Sarah had willed she be a surrogate mother and have a child fathered by Abraham to fulfill a promise made to them by God.  Hagar had obeyed her masters and found herself now in a desperate situation.  She and her son Ishmael were expelled from the master’s house and left to die in the wilderness.   Now the Angel of the lord was asking her what is ailing you?  Really? 

There seems to be another reason for the question.  In the next sentence he says, Fear not, God has heard and sees it all. (my interpretation).

God hears and sees it all in your life too.  The Psalmist said God bends down to hear.  He is bending down today to hear what you have to say and to ask, “What is ailing you?”  The creator of heaven and earth declares “Fear not.  I hear you.”  He is with you.  He is near you.  He is aware of the situation you are.  You can fear not and hold on to faith that he will redeem this situation you are in today.  You will be forever changed.