Abraham was committed to the idea that he keep his family separate from the culture. He sent his servant to his native land to find Isaac a wife. What an inconvenience. But, Abraham knew that God had called him to this Land, but he did not call him to join in with everyone else. He was a chosen man and the father of a chosen people. He was to build a nation of folks that believed in and submitted to God. He knew that intermarrying with the local people would simply destroy his family heritage of life and worship. He also knew that if he sent his son back to their homeland, he would probably stay.
In our lives, we are called to be in the world but not of it. We are not to run away from where we live, but we are to remain different. We are to be selfless and God serving not selfish and self-serving. Nothing in our culture would support that, so, that is why we are to live differently in this culture. It is most difficult to remain steadfast when times are tough and the world is offering instant relief and instant gratification. If we do commit to being different, we will be blessed. We will never truly know how many struggles we will miss by simply following closely behind the Lord. Help me, Lord to honor you and live different than the world.
God Bless You
24 Abraham was now very old, and the Lord had blessed him in every way. 2 He said to the senior servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh. 3 I want you to swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living, 4 but will go to my country and my own relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac. ”5 The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from? ”
6 “Make sure that you do not take my son back there,” Abraham said. 7 “The Lord, the God of heaven, who brought me out of my father’s household and my native land and who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’ —he will send his angel before you so that you can get a wife for my son from there. 8 If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.” 9 So the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.
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