God’s guidance
by Verena Johnson
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As for me, the Lord has led me … (Genesis 24:27b).
Read Genesis 24:1–27
What is the hardest thing you’ve ever been asked to do?
How about: ‘Go to a far country and find a wife for my son, and you can’t take him with you to meet her’?
The interesting thing is that, in response to receiving this fairly daunting task, the servant only asked Abraham one question. I would have had a whole list of them. Abraham did assure his servant that God ‘will send his angel before you’. But I still can’t help wondering what must have been going through this poor man’s mind on his long journey to that strange country. He had plenty of time to think about what he had been asked to do.
The real standout thing about this story is what the servant did when he finally reached his destination. After he found a likely spot near a spring, the first thing he did was pray. He handed the whole daunting task he had been given over to God and asked him to do the heavy lifting.
Before he had even finished praying, God answered his prayer with nothing short of a miracle. God helped the servant to accomplish his task successfully, and he knew it. His immediate response was to worship and praise God and tell Rebekah how the Lord had led him.
In this story, we can see how God is actively involved in the lives of his children. He is keenly interested in our everyday decisions, both big and small. He wants us to turn to him. To hand the things we are asked to do to him. To let him do the heavy lifting when we are carrying the weight of responsibility. To make prayer the first thing we do and not a last act of desperation.
How has God led and guided you in the past?
Take a moment to thank and praise him for those times.
Where is God leading you and guiding you right now?
Take a moment to talk with him about this.
Dear God, I’m sorry for the times when I failed to turn to you and tried to do it all in my own strength and wisdom. Help me to turn to you first when I need guidance. Lead and guide me today in all I do and say. Amen.
Verena is a Church Worker Support Officer for the LCA’s Church Worker Support team, through which it is her privilege to support congregations, pastors, lay workers, employees and volunteers of the LCA. In her spare time, she is involved in drama ministry, women’s ministry and prayer ministry. She has three children and nine grandchildren in three different states.
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