22 – In search of a bride getting Isaac (Genesis 24–25)

Abraham’s efforts to find a girlfriend for Isaac portrays an effective truth: We’re to obey God and you will act sensibly, however, The guy achieves His purposes in the means. This is simply not just a reward to own faithfulness as well as good spirits to united states when His job is not instantaneously viewed.

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I love to view the newest suspense you to creates through the an Olympic exchange competition. In the event that a team should be to earn the newest race, for each and every athlete must bring this new rod then effortlessly solution they along to a higher athlete.

Really within Genesis chapter twenty four, we experience the brand new passage of this new baton, and it’s going to be a flush handoff out of God’s covenant promises away from Abraham to help you his guy Isaac.

Do not misunderstand; truly the only hope for a flush handoff sooner rests regarding the providence from God. Providence refers to God’s work of swinging everything for the set thus you to Their promises is met at only the proper go out, properly, for the right reasoning, within proper some one. You could potentially write in their Bibles significantly more than Genesis chapters 24 and you may 25, “The brand new Providence from Jesus.”

Genesis twenty-four reveals because of the informing all of us one to Abraham was “well advanced in many years.” He’s simply hidden their girlfriend, Sarah, along with his forty-year-old guy Isaac is actually one man.

When the God’s promises will probably bequeath to help you Isaac and their pupils, Isaac of course demands a partner. Thus, Abraham needs his master out of employees, so to speak, their domestic officer, Eliezer (Genesis 15:2), to take a mission to obtain a girlfriend to have Isaac from their expanded household members and most certainly not regarding one of many unbelieving Canaanites.

Eliezer asks Abraham exactly what he could be to complete if your lady he finds out will not get back having your. Abraham solutions within verse 7:

“Brand new Jesus of eden … will be sending their angel before you, therefore should just take a partner having my personal boy after that.

Very, Eliezer actually leaves the brand new assured residential property and you can travel back once again to the region from Abraham’s family relations. That is where we come across the latest providence from Jesus at the office.

“O Lord … I am standing from the spring season away from h2o, and also the girl of people of town are on their way off to draw water. Allow young woman to who I am going to say, ‘Excite dissatisfied your own jar which i will get take in,’ and you may exactly who shall state, ‘Drink, and that i often water the camels’-allow her to function as the one to the person you possess designated for the servant Isaac.”(verses several-14)

And you will what the results are? “Prior to he’d completed speaking, behold, Rebekah . . . appeared” (verse fifteen). Don’t you wish to your prayers had been replied one to quickly? Rebekah does exactly what Eliezer merely prayed the girl out of God’s alternatives would do while the an indication out-of Goodness.

When Rebekah finishes watering new camels, he gets the lady particular gift suggestions right after which requires their throughout the the girl nearest and dearest. And in verse 24 Rebekah says to Eliezer you to definitely she is not just a member of Abraham’s tribe; she’s the fresh d’s nephew, Bethuel.

“Blessed become Lord , the fresh Jesus regarding my personal grasp Abraham … the father has led me personally in the manner towards the household out of my master’s kinsmen.”

See the providence of God right here. He or she is provided Eliezer on the right set, during the correct time, and to the best people.

Better, Rebekah operates household and you can provides back their sibling Laban, exactly who attracts Eliezer domestic for lunch. But he will not consume you to definitely bite up to the guy says to her or him regarding his purpose.

Off verse 34 courtesy verse forty two, he retells every piece of information having provided your towards the part regarding appointment Rebekah. And by the way, as the Eliezer brings his account, the guy emphasizes at the multiple locations that this was the new providential works off Goodness