Bibledoorajar Speaks of Those Who Summon

     Abraham's faith had looked up to God and because of that faith he was made righteous in God's eyes. This does not mean that he was a perfect man, but he was a man who identified and related to God rightly. In the book of Genesis we have seen Abraham lean on God through ten trials of his faith and now he has come to the ending of his life successfully.  The Bible calls such common people who are rightly related to  and leaning on God as "holy ones", "saints", or "righteous ones" more than 200 times. These are those whom God summons to be summoners as He Himself is. Over and over these "holy ones" lean on God through their own personal trials of faith and summon others to Him.
     Now in our story this summoner has summoned his servant to go and summon a bride for the chosen son. The servant was to go to Haran, the city founded by Abraham's father and the place where Terah had died. Family still lived there and it was to that family that a summons would go but all of this was unbeknownst to them and to the servant until the time it would be revealed. The servant and his band began their long journey with ten heavily gift laden camels. On these ten animals was everything the servant needed to complete his summons successfully. But still the servant addressed God : " Lord, God of my master Abraham, please let me succeed today; and show your grace to my master Abraham." The Bible says that they arrived at even, a time when the women would come to draw water at the wells of Beersheba. The Servant continued in prayer: "Here I am standing by the spring, as the daughters of the townsfolk come out to draw water. I will say to one of the girls, Please lower your jug, so that I can drink. If she answers, 'Yes drink, and I will water your camels as well', then let her be the one you intend for your servant Isaac. This is how I will know that you have shown grace to my Master." (Gen. 23 ff) He asked for a sign and the sign was to be an act of service. How appropriate.

"How beautiful the radiant bride who waits for her groom with his light in her eyes.
How beautiful when humble hearts give the fruit of pure lives so that others my live."

                                                     How Beautiful by Twila Paris