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A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
AN ALL IMPORTANT DECISION
PART FOUR
"I, Eliezer, Abraham's servant, have arrived at the well of the town Nahor where my master is from originally... I am quite tired as you can well imagine... However, I am here on a mission to find a wife for my master's son Isaac... So I cannot rest as yet.... I know too that it will be impossible for me to find her by myself.... I need help from the God of my master Abraham...That is why I knelt down and began to pray to Him... I was very specific in my prayers to Him... I told him my exact location... I told Him as well that at this time of the day the woung women of the town come to the well to draw water...After all, God is in heaven.... And I am here on earth... Things are done differently in heaven... So I thought I better explain to God not only where exactly I am... But how things are done over here... I then asked Him if He would be kind enough to help me know which woman He has selected to become the wife of my master's son Isaac...I suggested she could offer to give water to my camels as a sign of His choice... I am now waiting to see if God will answer my prayer."
ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
AN ALL IMPORTANT DECISION
PART FOUR
Abraham's servant, Eliezer, who is at the well just outside the town of Nahor, knows that in a practical sense he has done everything he possibly can. But he knows too that it is not enough for her needs to prepare spiritually for this very important task his master has given him. So after he had made the camels kneel down, he himself kneels down as well and prays that God will help his choose the right wife for his master's son Isaac as you can read in Genesis 24:13-14
Then he prayed, "O Lord, God of my master Abraham, give me success today and show kindness to my master Abraham. See, I am standing beside this spring and the daughters of the towns people are coming out to draw water. May it be that when I say to a girl, "Please let down your jar that I may have a drink," and she says, "Drink, and I'll water your camels too," - let her be the one You have chosen for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master."
The servant is very specific in the way he asks the Lord to answer his prayer giving God full details as to where he is at the moment and that at this time of the day the young women of the town will come to the well to fetch water. Abraham's servant may have felt the need to be so specific because God resides in heaven where, no doubt, things are done differently than here on earth. However, God does know everything what happens on earth even while he is in heaven so He will have known that Abraham's servant is at the spring and that the young women are about to go to the spring to fetch water. I think that we can sometimes be like that, can't we? Thinking we have to tell God how it is, not realising He knows better than we how things really are for God is all-knowing.
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