Genesis 24:12-14 ( ESV )
12And he said, “O Lord,
God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today and show steadfast love
to my master Abraham.
13Behold, I am standing by the spring of water, and the daughters of
the men of the city are coming out to draw water.
14Let the young woman to whom I shall say, ‘Please let down your jar
that I may drink,’ and who shall say, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels’—let
her be the one whom you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this£ I shall know that you have shown steadfast love to my master.”
OBSERVATIONS:
1.
Eliezer was Abraham’s head servant and oversaw
Abraham’s household. He was trusted so much that Abraham made him promise that
he would search for a wife for his son Isaac. The longest chapter in the entire
book of Genesis deals with this search and how God answered a servant’s prayer.
2.
In verse 12 he starts his prayer as an act of
intercession for Abraham that God would grant him success and show his
steadfast love to Abraham by allowing him to find a mate for Isaac. We should
have a servant’s heart as well and take time out of our “busy” schedules to
intercede for those around us. We need to put ourselves in their place.
3.
One of the great things about this prayer is
that he prayed very specifically. Note the detail of how he prays. The amazing
part is how God answers this prayer in verses 15-21 by what Rebekah does. Every
part of it is fulfilled and Rebekah would soon become Isaac’s wife. Often we pray shallow and so very broadly.
Our God is a miracle working God who loves us to be more specific in our prayer
lives concerning our needs and the needs of others. It is not enough to pray
for the souls of all men but that we will plead and cry out for them. Learn to be specific in our prayer lives.
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