Genesis 24:14 This is my request. I will ask one of them, 'Please give me a drink from your jug.' If she says, 'Yes, have a drink, and I will water your camels, too!'—let her be the one you have selected as Isaac's wife. This is how I will know that you have shown unfailing love to my master."
Abraham decides to find a wife for his beloved son, Isaac. He doesn't want Isaac to have a local, Canaanite wife and chooses to send his servant back to his father's family in the old country to find one. The servant swears an oath to do this and I think the servant is a little intimidated by this awesome challenge. He must go to a strange place and make the perfect choice, to find the right wife for his master's son...and we know how much Abraham loved Isaac and wanted the best for him. So the servant prays for the Lord to guide him and is very specific in his request so that he will know when God has answered. Well, the Lord answers even as the servant is completing his prayer... in the person of Rebekah. The next challenge is for Rebekah's family to accept this turn of events and the loss of their daughter to a distant land. But all this is accomplished too as the servant shares how God answered his prayer. A few lessons seem to stand out. When we are in a strange land with a difficult challenge the answer is to ask for specific help from God. When God answers and we first experience His answer and then share our experience, appropriately, with others the blessing is expanded and our answer on a personal level becomes a bigger answer as we realize we are part of a bigger picture ordained from above. God is our help, no matter where we are and what we are up against. He will meet our needs and the needs of others as we trust in Him in specific ways.
blessings,
Rob Smith
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