"Then he said, “O Lord God of my master Abraham, please give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham." v.12
Read chapter 24.
The chief servant of Abraham prays to the Lord God. We know that when God made a covenant with Abraham that He identified his whole household too to his blessings. Surely Abrahams's servants came to fear and honor Abraham's God as the true and only God and here we see even in relationship using Jehovah when he prays (the relational name of God). This servants whole prayer is not like a prayer we can do today and expect the same response. We are not to put the Lord God to the test. God gave Abraham specific instructions for getting his son Isaac a wife who he then passed those instructions to his servant to carry out. He may not have known exactly how he'd find this specific wife but trusted God to direct him. Let us pray for success and kindness to our masters today and anyone else for things we desire and let God direct our paths. Just don't expect God to always answer you the way you think He should. How do you pray for guidance in decisions? Do you pray for your "master"? Do you pray to the God of relationships?
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