“...As
for me, the Lord has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”
– Genesis 24:27
Abraham called his
servant and asked him to go his relatives to find a bride for Isaac. As his
servant reached the town of Nahor, he prayed to God to direct him. As he
prayed, God directed him to find Rebekah and then he says, “Lord has led me on
the journey.”
What a wonderful
servant he his! He is the senior servant in Abraham’s household. He knew
Abraham for many years. He might have taken his own decision as per the
suggestions given by Abraham. But yet as he reached the town he prayed to God
to direct his ways.
Few months back, one
of my colleague got married. I knew him for few years and he is younger than
me. So once his parents started to find a bride for him, he used to share those
things with me. He loves my advice and he hears to that with full attention. As
his marriage got fixed I gave him so many advices about how he should behave
with his wife and their family and so on.
One day as I was
getting ready in my home to go to my work place, I thought about him and the
talk that I should give him regarding marriage. He didn’t asked me anything on
that day but I wanted to give him few advices from my marriage life. So as I
was thinking about what I should tell him on that day, Holy Spirit spoke to me
and said, “Let him do everything in God’s way and not on your way.”
At that moment I
realized my mistake for taking him away from God by giving him my own advices.
From that day I had never gave any suggestions to him regarding his marriage
life. Today he is taking his own decisions in prayer and living happily with
his wife.
Sometimes when we meet
Godly people, we hear to their life experiences and the way God has led them.
Then we try to implement the same thing in our life but we fail to find that
whether it is actually God’s way.
God might have had led
me in a particular way in my marriage life. That doesn’t mean that the same way
will be God’s way for your marriage life. God might direct you in a different
path. So whenever you face troubles, challenges and decision making situations,
you have to do it only in God’s way. When you hear the counsel of elderly
people or married people, take their counsel to God in prayer and find out
whether God’s way matches with their way. If it doesn’t match go in God’s way.
My dear young friends,
you might be searching a life partner for you. Pray and do it in God’s way. You
might be already married. Do everything in God’s way. Then you will have God’s
peace and joy in your marriage life. You will have abundant blessing. As you live
according to God’s will, you will find God’s hand leading and protecting your
family life. Let’s do everything in God’s way.
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