When Abraham's servant was sent to the land of Abraham's forefathers to his own extended family to look for a bride for Isaac his son, the servant prayed a very interesting prayer, (Genesis 24:12-14),
v12 "O LORD, God of my master Abraham, give me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
v13 See, I am standing beside this spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
v14 May it be that when I say to a girl, 'Please let down your jar that I may have a drink,' and she says, 'Drink, and I'll water your camels too'--let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master."
The Bible records that no sooner had he finished praying that Rebecca, the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Nahor who was Abraham's brother, came to the well to draw water for her sheep and all the things that the servant prayed for were answered directly and the servant knew in an instant that Rebecca was the chosen bride for Isaac.
This is the first mention in the Bible of a "hap" in the "happening" - being at the right place at the right time - and it gives us a good model to follow.
Over the past few days (since February 01), I had the occasion to be in the right place to bless three persons - two friends are on the threshold of looking for career moves and I came to know about them and, lo and behold, I was chatting with the general manager of a company and this company is looking to hire trusted persons for its job openings and so all I did was to arrange for the separate parties to meet to introduce them and see the commonalities and the matchings (2 separate meetings will be held back to back in a week).
The other case involves a friend's family where the children could not come to terms with their father's sudden passing more than five years ago. The bitterness in the son has become almost unbearable for the mother and over the Lunar New Year visitation, they came to our home and poured out their situation. Well, the boy seems to be missing a fatherly figure and so I will come in and befriend the boy and allow the Holy Spirit to heal the wound and set him free.
Certainly these three cases demonstrate how the Lord works in ways we do not understand at that moment but when everything falls into place we can reflect and say, 'all glory to our Lord Jesus Christ Who has given us the grace to bless others with the gifts (blessings) He first gives us'.
My prayer for you - "Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well. 3John2 (NIV)"
The Lord's Theme For The Year
The Lord has crowned the year (2011) with His goodness and caused us to walk in His paths that drips with His fatness (Psalm 65:11)
Friday, February 11, 2011
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A New Believer's Prayer
Thank you Father for loving us so much that You sent Your precious Son Jesus Christ to this world to die for all our sins. I receive Jesus into my heart as my Lord and Savior.Thank you that all my sins have been nailed to the Cross on Jesus at His death and because He died in our place, I am now saved forever. I have been made righteous in Your sight because of what Jesus did and I can now enjoy Your blessings over my life. Thank you for the privilege of being called Your Child and for the Gift of Your Holy Spirit in my life. AMEN
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