Genesis 24:1-31
God, he will send his angel before you so that you can get a wife for my son from there. If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”
Before he had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milkah, who was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
Then the man 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.”
Abraham is an old man. Isaac is unmarried. The fulfillment 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 Rebecca herself shine through the narrative敘述.
Why?
Abraham has faith that his son's wife will be chosen by the Lord. so he let his servant went back to his hometown to find a girl for his son Isaac.
God listen to his servant's pray and led the way to the home of Rebecca.
Seeking the way of the Lord and be in God's blessing there will be wonderful results come.
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1.顯出亞伯拉罕對盟約的忠心
為以撒找妻子，一定要回本地本家找。Why?他老家的人都信耶和華嗎？不見得。但是迦南地的人一定不是敬畏耶和華。以撒可能無法影響他妻子，反而會被影響。因為他們是寄居在這裏。找一位熟悉他們信仰的家族，可以被亞伯拉罕家影響，且她遠離她的家，就不會受娘家影響。如果以撒去妻子老家受到神的應許白費、以撒也會受到家鄉人的影響。亞伯拉罕的設想很周到。
只要照著神的應許來禱告一定會蒙應允。整個事情其實神已經安排了，好像我們做什麼，其實不然，我們只是去接收成果。神為了要我們經歷神的同在、神的大能。
2. 千里姻緣一線牽，主的安排。神將適合的人放在適合的地方
主一定會預備的。忠心僕人的禱告，立即蒙應允。僕人做一個求印證的禱告。打水是很辛苦的，不會自己打嗎？利百加立即且用手托在手上，請喝。且為駱駝打水喝。一隻駱駝喝95公升的水，十隻要喝950公升，相當於一噸的水。利百加顯然早就預備好了。以撒在這裏對於他娶妻一點意見都沒有。喜歡那一種的，有何才能，皮膚如何?如亞當當初沉睡了，完全讓神安排。利百加平日預備成為他人的妻，適合別人的人。預備自己成為適合某個地方成為幫助別人的人。不僅婚姻，工作、服事都是如此。
亞伯拉罕也要付代價，可能僕人找不到，可能必須再次預備差遣僕人再去。
主必定差遣僕人在我們面前預備。
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How?
Faith is fully relying on God's arrangement and give up my own way.
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