February 18, 2005
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women of the bible, part 1
Gen 24. What strikes me about Rebekah’s story is that what made the servant realize that she’s the person he was looking for was not that she did anything unusual or out of the ordinary. In offering to water the servant’s camels, she was probably just doing what she would normally and naturally do. She didn’t do it expecting a payback. Her actions stemmed from her character. Her mind was set on doing the right thing.
From my reflections on this passage, I’ve been asking, “Lord, I pray that I could be in the right place, at the right time, doing the right thing,” because this passage is about being Christlike. If my pursuit is always to be like Christ and to do what Christ wants me to do, then I’ll always have God’s favor on me. How wonderful to be in the right place at the right time doing the right thing — you can be someone’s answered prayer!! And it’s interesting because it’s something I can only ask and pray for but not anything I can actually “plan” or arrange. Only God knows where the right place and time is and what I should be doing. Only God knows, so I need to continually be asking and listening for God’s direction in my life. I want to always be someone’s answered prayer.
