Genesis 24:1-67
Abraham said to his chief servant in his household, asked him swear by the Lord, bring a wife for his son from Abraham's country and his own relatives.
The servant prayed to the Lord before he identify who is the chosen one of the Lord.
When Rebekah came out and did what the servant has prayed, the servant bowed down and worshiped the Lord, saying' Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his kindness and faithfulness to my master. As for me, the Lord has led me on the journey to the house of my master's relatives.
The servant put his mission first, then food was set before him, but he said, "I will not eat until I have told you what I have to say."
The servant don't want to spend one more day there, he said, 'Send me on my way to my master." "Do not detain me, now that the Lord has granted success to my journey. Send me on my way so I may go to my master." Rebekah agreed go, so they blessed Rebekah and said to her, "Our sister, may you increase to thousands upon thousand; may your offspring possess the gates of their enemies."
Why?
Prayed can give us the guidance of the Lord, let us know which is the way God has arranged for me.
Abraham is an old man. Isaac is unmarried The fulfilment of the promise depends on a wife, and children, for Isaac; a wife essentially of God's choosing, from within the family of God's people.
The story that follows is one of the loveliest in the Old Testament. It reflects the traditional Eastern arranged marriage. The characters of the faithful steward and of Rebekah herself shine through the narrative. The steward's gifts in verse 53 seal the betrothal(定親). It is a fitting conclusion that God, who has so clearly guided at every stage, should set his seal on the marriage in the deep love of Isaac for his remarkable young woman.
How?
God has clearly guided at every stage to Abraham and his steward. God can make it but seems impossible to man. Praise be to the Lord. Pray before I do anything.
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