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.
It's a definite
example of how to live our lives:
- Seek God in all things, pray before doing something;
- Listen to hear from God, to hear His answer;
- Give the praise to God for answered prayers; and
- Live believing in God's promises, that He is beside you each and every day, all the time, and seek to live your life His way, not the way of the world.
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