Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Genesis 24:1-14
by: Dorothy Noel.
Abraham finally got it. In his old age, after seeing over a century of God’s work, he understood God’s promise for his descendants. They were not to take the land of the Canaanites by assimilating with them, but by remaining set apart. Abraham knew that though the task seemed impossible, God would provide the wife necessary for Isaac to continue the family line while remaining set apart and held his servant to that covenant as well. God is not willing to compromise the integrity of His people to ensure growth in numbers. When He promises descendants, both biological and spiritual (Galatians 3:6-14), He will soften the hearts necessary and provide opportunity for them to come about without compromise.