Today may be a day when you need some help making a decision. You need guidance. You don’t know which way to turn. So your morning prayer includes. ‘Help!’ He will.
We are reading the story of the choosing of a wife for Isaac, and Abraham’s servant has been given the task to go back home to find the woman.
“Then the servant left, taking with him ten of his master’s camels loaded with all kinds of good things from his master. He set out for Aram Naharaimand made his way to the town of Nahor. 11 He had the camels kneel down near the well outside the town; it was toward evening, the time the women go out to draw water. 12 Then he prayed, “Lord, God of my master Abraham, make me successful today, and show kindness to my master Abraham. 13 See, I am standing beside this spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water. 14 May it be that when I say to a young woman, ‘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.” (Genesis 24 v 10-14)
We can purposely position ourselves in the right place at the right time. He took his camels to the well in the evening, when the women drew water. There are things that you can do that would seem obvious and necessary in order to be in a position of clarity.
We can pray before we decide. The servant didn’t choose a wife, then ask God to bless his choice. He prayed first. He prayed before any women turned up.
We can be honest. The servant was specific. He didn’t simply ask for a wife for Isaac. God isn’t offended by our concerns of getting it right. He was looking for generosity. If someone wouldn’t oblige in letting him have water for his camels, he thought this would reveal something about her that wasn’t right for Isaac. In his prayer, he is asking for character.
Maybe you are at a similar well today. You need to make a decision. You may not have camels to water, but you have responsibilities. God can meet you there, between responsibilities and your need to know what to do about certain matters. He can even intertwine the two. God cares about this moment as much as you do. He is ready to meet you. All you need to do is position yourself and pray.
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