经文：那仆人从他主人的骆驼中取了十匹骆驼，手里带了他主人各样的美物，就起身往米所波大米去，到了拿鹤的城。（创二四10，另译）
父有一个计画，仆人就接受了一个托付，一个使命（创二四33）。亚伯拉罕托付他到本族去，为儿子娶一个妻子。这表征父神托付灵神。
到被拣选的新妇那里
亚伯拉罕怎样托付他的仆人到被拣选的新妇那里（创二四10-21），父神也照样托付灵神临到人类。我们都能见证，在某一时刻神的灵临到了我们。你也许会说，“我不知道灵神临到我，我只晓得有人传福音给我。”当那人向你传福音，你就被他所讲的吸引，愿意接受福音。是甚么使他们的深处这样回应？就是那临到他们的圣灵。利百加到井边之前，亚伯拉罕的仆人已经在那里了。这指明那灵临到了人类（创二四10）。在我们参加福音聚会之前，圣灵已经等在那里了。
在创世记二十四章，亚伯拉罕的仆人来到井边（创二四11），向一个女子要水喝（创二四17）。在约翰福音四章，主耶稣来到雅各井旁（约四6），也向一个妇人要水喝。我们人是干渴的，需要活水解除我们的干渴。但你有没有听过，圣灵是干渴的，需要你解除祂的干渴？在创世记二十四章，我们看见一个仆人，在长途跋涉之后，囗渴了。在约翰四章，我们看见一位救主，走路困乏，也渴了。在创世记二十四章，谁更干渴？是那仆人呢，还是利百加？是那仆人。同样，在约翰四章，谁更干渴？是主耶稣呢，还是撒玛利亚妇人？是主耶稣。所以我们传福音时，必须告诉人说，父、子、灵都渴望得着他们。
那一天利百加到井旁打水，她全然是纯真的，对于所要临到的事一无所知。但远处的父亲已经定了计画，要从她的族人中，选择一个女子作他儿子的妻子，并且托付他的仆人去完成这个计画。因此，这仆人祷告说，“我向那一个女子说，请你拿下水瓶来，给我水暍，她若说，请喝，我也给你的骆驼喝，愿那女子就作你所豫定给你仆人以撒的妻，这样，我便知道你施恩给我主人了。”（创二四14）。他还这样说的时候，利百加来了。他向她要水喝，她不但给他水喝，并且说，“我再为你的骆驼打水，叫骆驼也喝足。”（创二四18-19）。利百加虽然不晓得，但她这样作，就被抓住了。
你从前愿意得救或作基督徒么？我们没有一个愿意的。但有一天，我们听到了耶稣的名，并且在爱里回应。这就是我们已被选上的标记。谁将那仆人带到利百加所居住的拿鹤城？谁将利百加带到那仆人等候的井旁？无疑的是神的灵。我们得救并不在于我们，乃是父计画和灵受托的结果。
亚伯拉罕的仆人，最后藉着使人满足的水得到利百加（创二四14）。今天圣灵来寻找神所拣选的人，正像基督在叙加井旁所作的（约四7）。任何人若回应祂并满足祂的愿望，就表明他是一个为基督被选上的人，并且圣灵要为基督得着他。
每日一问：亚伯拉罕差遣老仆人前往远方寻找新妇，这如何预表圣灵的工作？
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Isaac’s Marriage – The Mission of the Spirit (1) – Gen. 24:10
A father has a plan, and the servant received a commission, a mission (Gen. 24:33). Abraham entrusted him to go to his kindred to take a wife for his son. This signifies God the Father entrusting the Spirit of God.
To the Chosen Bride
Just as Abraham entrusted his servant to go to the chosen bride (Gen. 24:10-21), God the Father similarly entrusts the Spirit to come to humanity. We can all testify that at a certain moment, the Spirit of God came to us. You might say, “I did not know that the Spirit of God came to me; I only knew that someone preached the gospel to me.” When that person preached the gospel to you, you were attracted by what he said and were willing to receive the gospel. What caused your inner being to respond in this way? It was the Holy Spirit who had come to you. Before Rebekah came to the well, Abraham’s servant was already there. This indicates that the Spirit had already come to humanity (Gen. 24:10). Before we attended the gospel meeting, the Holy Spirit was already waiting there.
In Genesis 24, Abraham’s servant came to the well (Gen. 24:11) and asked a young woman for a drink of water (Gen. 24:17). In John 4, the Lord Jesus came to Jacob’s well (John 4:6) and also asked a woman for a drink of water. We human beings are thirsty and need living water to quench our thirst. But have you ever heard that the Holy Spirit is thirsty and needs you to quench His thirst? In Genesis 24, we see a servant who, after a long journey, was thirsty. In John 4, we see a Savior who, weary from His journey, was also thirsty. In Genesis 24, who was more thirsty? The servant or Rebekah? It was the servant. Similarly, in John 4, who was more thirsty? The Lord Jesus or the Samaritan woman? It was the Lord Jesus. Therefore, when we preach the gospel, we must tell people that the Father, the Son and the Spirit are all longing to obtain them.
That day, Rebekah went to the well to draw water. She was completely innocent and knew nothing about what was to happen. But in the distance, the father had already determined a plan to select a woman from her kindred to be his son’s wife, and he had entrusted his servant to carry out this plan. Therefore, the servant prayed, “now may it be that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who answers, “Drink, and I will water your camels also’ – may she be the one whom You have appointed for Your servant Isaac; and by this I will know that You have shown lovingkindness’ to my master.” (Gen. 24:14). While he was still speaking, Rebekah came. He asked her for a drink of water, and not only did she give him a drink, but she said, “I will draw also for your camels until they have finished drinking.” (Gen. 24:18-19). Although Rebekah did not know it, by doing this, she was caught.
Were you willing to be saved or to be a Christian before? None of us were willing. But one day, we heard the name of Jesus and responded in love. This is the mark that we have been chosen. Who brought the servant to the city of Nahor, where Rebekah lived? Who brought Rebekah to the well where the servant was waiting? Undoubtedly, it was the Spirit of God. Our salvation does not lie in ourselves; it is the result of the Father’s plan and the Spirit’s mission.
Abraham’s servant finally obtained Rebekah through the water that satisfies men (Gen. 24:14). Today, the Holy Spirit comes to seek those whom God has chosen, just as Christ did at the well in Sychar (John 4:7). If anyone responds to Him and satisfies His desire, it shows that he is one chosen for Christ, and the Holy Spirit will obtain him for Christ.
Daily Q: Abraham sent his old servant to a faraway land to seek a bride; how does this typify the work of the Holy Spirit?