"KNOWING HIS PLAN!"

Genesis 24:1-4       (KJV)
"And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.  And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac."

Some have proclaimed that GOD works in "mysterious" ways. I find that GOD works in ways that HE gets glory from.  We seem to be interested in how "we" can profit or be increased, when GOD is interested in how HE can be increased!

Abraham was up in years.  Sarah had just been buried and Abraham had been blessed "in all things".  He sent his most senior servant to "my country" to find a wife for his son Isaac.  Abraham desired to have Isaac marry a woman from his faith.    The servant prayed to the "Lord GOD of my master Abraham" (v12) that HE show kindness to his master Abraham.  

GOD did show kindness to his servant.  Rebekah (v16) was "very fair to look upon" and extremely gracious.  She agreed to go with the servant and become Isaac's wife.

As we know now, GOD had a purpose for Rebekah's life.  GOD had a purpose for Isaac's life.  They  gave birth to Jacob (and Esau) who was later called ISRAEL, and kept the blood line for JESUS CHRIST.

And to think, all of this came about because an old man (Abraham) sent a servant to his homeland to find his son a wife.  The servant found a wife when she just "happened" to come to the well (before the servant had finished asking the LORD for her) to fill her water pot.  She (Rebekah)  ultimately became the mother of Jacob (later named Israel) who eventually brought the Savior into the World!  

Yes, GOD does work in "mysterious" ways!  The ways HE works are mysterious to humans, but not to HIM.  In Genesis 24:60, Rebekah was prayed for to "be thou the mother of thousands of millions"!  GOD blessed her to be the mother of Jacob and Esau, and the rest, as the say, is history.

Don't ever assume that the simple drawing of water from a well is a mediocre thing.  GOD used Rebekah in to ultimately bring the Savior into the world.  HE has a plan for you!  Are you interested in knowing what that plan for you is???