Divine Guidance

Have you ever desperately needed direction from the Lord? Well in the 24th chapter of Genesis Abraham's servant finds himself in a situation where he really needs help. Abraham has sent him to find a wife for his son Isaac. Maybe you're wondering about Isaac a little. I mean his dad has to send his servant on a wife hunting expedition for this boy! However, before we get too judgmental, you've gpt tp to remember that there was no e-harmony in those days, just dad's special servant. Then put yourself in the servant's shoes for a moment. You finally make it to wife hunting territory, but now what do you do? One thing Abraham's servant had observed was how Abraham called upon the Lord. So, in verse 42-44 we read how the servant called upon the God of his master,

When I came to the spring today, I said, 'O LORD, God of my master
Abraham, if you will, please grant success to the journey on which
I have come. See, I am standing beside this spring; if a maiden
comes out to draw waterand I say to her, "Please let me drink a little
water from your jar," and if she says to me, "Drink, and I'll draw
water for your camels too," let her be the one
the LORD has chosen for my master's son.'

We need to learn form Abraham's servant to cry out to God when we need direction. Notice that he was specific in his request to God. He left every opportunity for this project to fail! Perhaps he had witessed enough of God working in the life of his master to know that the there was nothing too difficult for the God of Abraham. Wow what a testimony! Does it make you wonder what people think about the God that you serve. What kind of witness are we to God power?

Notice in verses 45-46 that God heard and answered the servant's prayer down to the last detail!

"Before I finished praying in my heart, Rebekah came out,
with her jar on her shoulder. She went down to the spring
and drew water, and I said to her, 'Please give me a drink.'
"She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said,
'Drink, and I'll water your camels too.'
So I drank, and she watered the camels also.

Perhaps you are needing God's direction today. Let me encourage you to ask God and to be specific. You might be thinking, what if every detail isn't answered. Well, maybe God is just telling you that this is the wrong direction, or the wrong time, or the wrong person. When God wants to make things clear to you, he certainly can. Don't hurry Him. Trust Him. He is working all things together for your good, becasue the steps of a rightesous man are ordered of the Lord. Have a blessed day!