Genesis Chapter 24

7 The Lord, the God of heaven, who brought me out of my father's household and my native land and who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, 'To your offspring I will give this land'— he will send his angel before you so that you can get a wife for my son from there.

This is another chapter all about trusting God, because here Abraham does not want his son, Isaac, to marry a local Canaanite woman, but instead would rather she marry one of his family. So he asks God what to do about the matter, although it doesn't actually say this in this chapter but I don't believe that Abraham would have taken this action without asking God first.

How many of us would do this - stop and ask God first before taking any major decision regarding our job and career, a house purchase, marriage, children? It is so easy just to pay lip service to God, to go through the formalities, the ritual, rather than actually trust God for each and every thing we do. But Abraham is an example here of a great man of faith, someone who wants the best for his child (don't we all?) and he seeks God's advice and guidance, he asks God what to do and then he does what God says. He doesn't dismiss what God has said, or tell himself that he misheard, that God really didn't say what he thought he said. He listens and obeys, and he tells his servant exactly what to do.

The servant listens to his master, Abraham, and does exactly what is told, and then he too prays to God for guidance. He asks God to have one of the girls draw water for both him and his camels, and Rebekah is the one who does this.

It is about trusting God and about giving God the thanks and praise, because what does the servant do after meeting Rebekah? He gives praise to God. It is easy to take what God gives and then forget to give the thanks and praise. But we should thank God, give Him the praise for the healing, the provisions, the daily help, whatever it may be. In our house, we have 2 words that have to be said: "Please" when asking, and "thank you" after receiving. There are many times when I will not give one of my children what they are asking for until they say the word "please"! Yet God himself does not withhold anything from us even though at times we, I, can appear to be so ungrateful.