Abraham's wife, Sarah dies and Abraham wants to find his son, Issac, a wife. However, he does not want this wife to come from the place they are at now, but from his home. He tells his servants to go back to his home and find his son a wife, one that will come back to the place where they are at now. She must come back, but if she will not then the the covenant Abraham made with his servant, to find Issac a wife, does not have to be made . The servant goes to Abraham's home and believes he has found a woman, Rebekah, who is suitable to Issac. He then prays about it. He says, "GOD, God of my master Abraham, make things turn out well in the task I've been given."-Genesis 24:42 (the message) and things do turn out well. Issac and this woman Rebekah get married. Abraham also remarries.
The prayer is something that jumped out at me. Prayer is very important to my relationship with God. We cannot have a relationship with anyone if we do not speak to them, so how can we have a relationship with God if we do not speak to Him? It's impossible even though I am sure that at times many Christians, myself included, believe that their relationship with God is just fine when they aren't speaking to Him...because yes, there are times when I do not talk to God like I should, when I do not turn to Him for the things I should, when I do not pray for others like I should. This is actually something I have been struggling with recently. Not that I'm not speaking to God, but more so I am not praying for everyone I should, but it is something I feel called to do. I feel God telling me to pray for others at times. However, sometimes the only prayer I can say is "Yeah, yeah be with them too." It's something I need to work on...in my heart.
Prayer is a task that has been set before me, that has been placed on my heart, so God please make it turn out well.
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