“And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up. And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher. And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking. And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels. And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.”
It is interesting to compare the immediate response to the servants prayer with the 25 years that it took before Abraham got a positive response to his prayer for a son. God always works in His own time according to our best interests. The most interesting thing about prayer is that it is a process whereby we develop our relationship with the Lord God. The more time that we spend with the Lord in prayer, the more we get to understand Him and the way He works. When God delays in His answer, He is being gracious to us. In this case, however, the servant had limited time to complete this task and the Lord understood so He made sure that the servant had enough time to complete the task without having to contemplate the prospect of returning to his master without a bride for Isaac.
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