Feb 21, 2022
Abraham knew it was time for Isaac to find a wife, but he wanted to make sure Isaac married a worthy woman in the covenant. Unfortunately for him, there weren’t any nearby. So he asked his eldest servant to return to Abraham’s homeland and find a wife for Isaac. Now honestly, when someone asks me to pick up a rental car for them I get so nervous– what if I do something wrong? What if I get into an accident? Now imagine the weight of finding someone an eternal companion!! Yikes!
Luckily Abraham’s servant took this responsibility seriously and, as he traveled, he seems to have come up with a plan which he then presented to the lord. He prayed, “Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water: and let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let this same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac. . . “ In other words, the servant shared his own detailed plan with the Lord that whichever woman offered both him AND his camels water would be the woman Isaac should marry.
Now, what does this teach us? To come to the Lord with an answer to our problems! Repeatedly in the scriptures, from the brother of Jared to Joseph Smith, we find that answers to questions can come more readily when we have already thought through the problem on our own and come up with the best solution possible! So the next time you have a question for the Lord, do your homework first! Figure out what you think is the correct answer, and THEN present it to the Lord for His approval.
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