"Right Way"
Daniel Valles

READ Genesis 24 

Many of us are familiar with the story of Abraham's servant who goes out to find a wife for Isaac.  However, there is a great lesson regarding the Christian life found in this passage and example.  Abraham, desiring what was right and godly for his son, instructed his servant on how to get guidance from God.  Finding the right one for marriage is an extremely serious and permanent choice that cannot be made flippantly and, most of all, not without God's guidance.

When the servant asked Abraham about making sure he found the right one, Abraham told him where he could find help.  Abraham recalled to his servant how he had walked with God, following His Will (vs. 7, 40).  Abraham then said that the same God that led Abraham from the land of Ur to the land of Canaan, would also guide and go with his servant.

Later, after the servant asked God for wisdom and direction, and the Lord answered, he praised the Lord saying, "I being in the way, the LORD led me..." (vs. 27).  Later, in giving testimony to Laban, the servant again remarked that it was the LORD who led him "in the right way." (vs. 48)

As Christians, sometimes we have to make decisions that go beyond human intellect.  Abraham's servant had to find a godly wife for Isaac, without being allowed to bring Isaac along (vs.6).  Sometimes we, too, are given choices in life that seem self-defeating or impossible.  "How can I follow the Lord's will, when it looks like my finances..."   "I would serve God, but it looks like..."   "How will my needs be met if I serve Him..."

Faith, combined with action, resulted in God's choice.  When we, like Abraham's servant, are "in the way" that we are supposed to be, the Lord will guide and provide in ways that are above and beyond our intellect and reasoning.

"And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not." vs. 21

Am I in the way that I am supposed to be?  Am I trying to solve the problems in my life without God's help?  Am I willing to be led instead of leading?  Am I willing to let the LORD lead me anywhere?

The LORD will never ask you to go somewhere where He will not be.  Follow Him regardless of what this world says.