Contemplative Bible Reading

Genesis 24:7 (New Living Translation)

7 For the Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and my native land, solemnly promised to give this land to my descendants. He will send his angel ahead of you, and he will see to it that you find a wife there for my son.

This is part of the (hi)story of Abraham sending a servant back to Abraham’s homeland to find a wife for his son Isaac. Abraham is talking to the servant. There are many things that could go wrong on this mission. Abraham reassures the servant that,

He (God) will send his angel ahead of you…

What a promise. What a comfort.

Undertaking a journey of miles? Traveling on foot for a thousand miles through lands where if bandits rob and kill you, no one will know anything about it for years? Well, we don’t do that anymore, do we? Well, no, but we have journeys to the doctor’s office about a funny pain in the back or something that could mean death within weeks or mean nothing. God sends an angel ahead of me. What a promise. What a comfort. Thanks be to God.