28The girl ran and told her mother’s household about these things. 29Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he rushed out to the man at the spring. 30As soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.
31“Come, you who are blessed by the LORD,” said Laban. “Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.” 32So the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were brought to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of his companions.
33Then a meal was set before the man, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told you what I came to say.”
Rebekah just experienced a life changing day!
Laban, “As soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists”... Did the riches motivate him or the love for his sister?
It was customary to provide water and the washing of feet of those who visited a household due to sandals and the dusty arid climate.
“I will not eat until I have told you what I came to say.”
“Like every true servant of Christ, he put his master’s business before his own ease or comfort; even before the question of necessary food. When a man begins to think more of his eating than of doing the will of God, he ceases to be a true-hearted minister.” (Spurgeon)
Abraham’s servant was a true servant of his master and of the Lord.
Are you a true servant of Christ?
Blessings, David
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