God as Leader

UV 3472/10000 God as Leader
He said, “ Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not denied His lovingkindness and His truth to my master. As for me, the Lord led me to the house of my master’s brothers.
Genesis 24 v 27

Eliezer, Abraham’s faithful servant was led by the Lord. He prayed and sought guidance for his trip, his mission to find a bride for his master’s son Isaac. He sought a sign of confirmation from the Lord. He looked for a sign of love and kindness in the prospective bride for Isaac. If we have tasted of the love and kindness of the Father and of the Servant Leader, Jesus, we would show the same love and kindness even to a stranger as Rebekkah did to Eliezer. She gave him water to drink from her jar and offered to water his camels, too. In all our existential dilemmas, we should like Eliezer seek the love, kindness and truth of the Servant Leader. He is our Leader.

The Lord has a plan for each one of our lives if we only seek and submit to it. He has plans to prosper us and give us eternal hope as well as earthly hope in our existential pursuits. He will not deny us His love, kindness and truth. These then are the marks of a true leader. The serpent leader, in contrast, specializes in hatred, envy, pride, rudeness, violence, untruth and deceit. He instigates people to imbibe these traits. Most worldly leaders have these attributes in varying proportions.

The Servant Leader Jesus answers our prayers as He wants our needs to be met, our joy to be full. The Lord made Eliezer’s mission successful. He will surely make our lives successful as we follow Him faithfully and wisely. Eliezer did not waste time as soon as the brothers of Rebekkah accepted the proposal of marriage to Isaac. He requested them to allow him to leave as soon as possible back to the house of his master Abraham with Rebekkah. We, too should use time and opportunity wisely. A successful life of a servant of God is one of faith balanced with wisdom, common sense, prudence. Eliezer had thought out well how he would identify the woman who would marry Isaac. We need to pray over all matters in our lives but we should also be thoughtful.