Genesis 24:56
And he said unto them, “Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.”
What about Today’s Verse…
Abraham’s servant had met with success in his epic quest to find a wife for Isaac – the beautiful Rebecca. Eager to return to Abraham, the servant met with some resistance from Rebecca’s family; who wanted to hold on to her just a little longer. And thus these words: “Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.”
There comes a time when one must move on; when one must go unto his master. Perhaps you are at just such a time and place now. It’s time to head them up and move them out. Otherwise a bright morning can fade into an ambling afternoon; and, an ambling afternoon can issue into a long dark night. Now is the time for decisive action. Now is the time for you to make your move toward God’s higher purpose.
The mark of such a moment is expressed in this phrase — “seeing the Lord has prospered me.” The word means to “push forward.” Sometimes the Lord makes staying in the place where we no longer belong very obvious.
The heart of a servant says, “How shall I loiter in these temporal delights and sentiments, when the Lord has pushed me forward to a greater destiny?” He or she girds themselves up with resolve: No more lingering or loitering about; no more dilly-dally with routine matters; no more procrastination in a time of prospering.
Is the Lord pushing you forward today?
