The Lord is awe-inspiring, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him in Genesis 24:26-27,
“Then the man bowed down and worshiped the Lord, saying, ‘Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his kindness and faithfulness to my master. As for me, the Lord has led me on the journey to the house of my master's relatives.’”
As Abraham’s servant found his journey had been made successful by the Lord, he bowed down right then and there at the well and worshipped the Lord.
I note several things about the worship of this servant for the Lord. Rather than having to rely on the experience of a hymn writer this servant acknowledged the Lord’s intervention in his own life and ascribed to the Lord the success of his mission to find a wife for Isaac. This servant didn’t wait for church on Sunday, but worshipped the Lord at the appropriate time, when he first realized what the Lord had done for him. This servant didn’t require a worship band up on a platform with overheads or hymnals and comfortable seating – he simply expressed his worship to his God at the busy, possibly muddy and mucky environment of a public well in the town of Nahor, complete with flies and the smells of a location where livestock were brought to be watered. We don’t sense the servant spent the week preparing his worship but was rather extemporaneous. I also note this servant expressed his worship in his traveling clothes in sweat and dirty feet (these folks were into foot-washing when they reclined for rest and refreshment.)
Why did this servant worship in such a way? He was hopelessly drawn by his love and adoration, possibly his fear and reverence for his Lord who had done a wonderful thing for him! I ask myself, do I always worship the Lord in a way that reflects all the Lord has done in my life? Is my worship as fresh, genuine and timely as this servant’s? Is my heart drawn as it should be by the God who has given his Son for me that I might be called a child of God?
I am sure we would all agree – our wonderful God is worthy of all our worship!!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share your theme of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We’d love to hear from you!
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