"What does it mean to walk in the Spirit?"-she asked. She was a young lady who had just started attending the church and was not yet used to some expressions. So the pastor answered, "It means to be in the spirit of faith." She nodded, as though she had understood his simple and, at the same time, complex explanation. Still confused, she went home and prayed, but nothing happened.
I was still inside her womb when my mother pictured my face. She says I turned out to be just like she had pictured back then (that was nice to hear). I was immediately reminded of Jacob and what he had done with his sheep. He had made an agreement with his father-in-law/boss that all the spotted sheep would be his, and upon that agreement, the Bible says that he, "took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond and plane trees and made white stripes on them by peeling the bark and exposing the white inner wood of the branches. Then he placed the peeled branches in all the watering troughs, so that they would be directly in front of the flocks when they came to drink. When the flocks were in heat and came to drink, they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted." (Genesis 30.37 - 39)
Have you ever wondered how God sees it all from above? So many things going on, so many people praying at the same time, so much suffering in the world ... it must be hard! I guess it's a little like looking out of a plane window. Everything seems so small, so insignificant, and yet it's so big and important for us all. The big financial buildings, from where the economy of a whole city is decided are simply small boxes on the ground when looking from above. A Ferrari that some hot shot loves to show-off is but a small dot exactly the same as all the other dots on the road. The beautiful size 0 star is practically invisible to the eye, just like all the rest of the population.
When God created Adam, He created him in His image and likeness. They'd walk in the Garden of Eden side by side, and talk about everything. The way best friends do. God taught him everything there was to know, but one day He noticed something there wasn't there before, Adam had a need that had not yet been met. Adam didn't know what it was either, mind you he was the first man ever existed!
The responsibility was not easy at all - he would have to find a compatible wife for Isaac. Just imagine, finding someone for yourself is already difficult, imagine someone else finding it for you? But Abraham trusted that Eliezer was willing to do his best. And the best Eliezer could do with such a big responsibility, was to pray and trust in God. He took 10 camels with him, just as Abraham had suggested. And with that, God inspired him to make a test of whatever young girl he came across. He decided that if she passed the test, she would be the one that God had chosen for Isaac.
