A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES: AN ALL IMPORTANT DECISION P/5

 

                                     

A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES

                AN ALL IMPORTANT DECISION

                                 PART V

“I, Eliezer, Abraham’s servant, am so grateful to God…. For He answered my prayer…. A young woman came to the well that is located just outside the town of Nahor… she carried a jar on her shoulder…. I got up from my knees…. And I approached her…. I asked her for a little water… She very kindly gave me something to drink… I waited if she would say more… To my delight she told me that she would be happy to water my camels as well…I did not say anything at that time… I just watched her as she patiently watered all ten of my camels until they had finished drinking….Would she be the one the Lord has chosen as the future wife for my master’s son?…. Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn of a young woman who came to the well outside the town of Nahor and gives Abraham’s servant, Eliezer, a drink of water…

                     ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES

                                                     AN ALL IMPORTANT DECISION

                                                                           PART V

Does God answer Abraham’s servants’s prayer, which he prayed at the well just outside the town of Nahor? Let’s read Genesis 24:15-22 to begin to find outl

Before he had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, who was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor. The girl was very beautiful, a virgin; no man had ever lain with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar and came up again. The servant hurried to meet her and said, “Please give us me a little water from your jar.” “Drink my lord,” she said, and quickly lowered the jar to her hands and gave him a drink. After she had given him a drink, she said, “I’ll draw water for your camels too, until they have finished drinking.” So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, ran back to the well to draw more water; and drew enough for all his camels.Without saying a word, the man watched her closely to learn whether or not the Lord had made his journey successful.

No doubt, the servant is very grateful that this young woman, whose name he does not yet know, has not only given him some water but has begun to give water to his camels as well. Nevertheless, he knows that it it too early to be sure that this young woman is the one the Lord has chosen for his master’s son Isaac.