COMING FROM ADONAI

“Lavan and B’tu’el replied, ‘Since this comes from Adonai, we can’t say anything to you either bad or good.’”
Genesis 24:50

Over the past two days already we have been looking at Genesis 24. This is the account of Avraham sending out his servant in hopes that a wife for Yitz’chak would be found. As the servant came into the land of his master’s kinsmen, he sat to pray. But even still, as he was praying, Rivkah came to the well. Meeting the steps that the servant had just prayed, the servant took out a gold nose ring weighing one-fifth of an ounce and two gold bracelets weighing four ounces. At this Rivkah ran off to her home.
The story could have ended right there. For all the servant knew, perhaps the young lady was scared by the proposal. Not yet had the servant mentioned he was on a mission concerning Yitz’chak so for all she knew the servant could have been asking her hand in marriage for himself. But it didn’t end. Shortly after, Rivkah’s brother, Lavan (Laban), came out to see this stranger and welcomed him into their home. Straw and fodder were prepared for the animals, feet were washed for the servant, but when a meal was prepared the servant interrupted and asked that before he eat, he share his story.
The people of B’tu’el’s house heard the story, the mission as to why the servant had come. They heard about the prayer that had been prayed and about the answer that had come forth. But to be fair, the servant asked if indeed Rivkah could return with him, or if he should continue his search for a wife for Yitz’chak. The response given by both Rivkah’s father and brother was, “Since this comes from Adonai, we can’t say anything to you either bad or good.”
Because the words the servant had prayed, because the response the servant had received, because the whole outcome had come from Adonai, nothing could be spoken against it. What a great lesson for us. There is a plan set out that Adonai has for us. It is true we have freewill, but in many cases this end result has been laid out for us. It comes from Adonai. And since it comes from Him, nothing can be said against it. While the enemy may come to knock us off the path and sway us to the side, he truly has no authority. Nothing can be said either good or bad against the steps Adonai has already set in motion. Let us not forget the power of the words, deeds, and plans that Adonai has set in place.

Genesis 24:27-52