A TIP TO ENHANCE YOUR SUPERNATURAL EXPERIENCE EVERY DAY
This is a preach letter I wrote last year, but I was led
to put it out today, as a good reminder of how to walk with the Lord every day.
😊:
Genesis 24:40 is one of the scriptures I pray every
morning. It gets me to expect the Lord to interact with me supernaturally every
day, and He does.
The context of this scripture is that Abraham wanted his
servant to return to Abraham’s homeland to find a wife for his son, Isaac.
Abraham was sending his best servant, along with other servants, and camels
loaded with riches for the dowry. It was well known that there were bandits
along the route, and the trip could be very dangerous.
We never know what a day can bring, but there’s a great
thing God teaches us early in the Bible, in Genesis 24:40. It’s a very
important, life-enriching key God wants us to believe and trust.
Abraham’s servant arrives safely in Abraham’s homeland
and tells the story of what Abraham told him before he left: “And he said unto
me, ‘The Lord, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and
prosper thy way’” (v. 24:40a).
We have angels available to us, too. And we have “Christ
in us,” as it says in Colossians 1:27. God sent an angel ahead of the servant
to “prosper” his way—no bandits stealing from him, no major injuries, but
instead, a good and successful journey. Can you see why I pray this scripture
every morning, for every day?!
But there’s another part of this scripture that is
equally important to having a great journey. The second half says: “and thou
shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house’” (v.
24:40b). The servant did find the perfect wife for Isaac. Not only was the
journey good, but he reached his Godly destination! Isn’t that what our hearts
desire from our life experience every day—to reach our Godly destinations?
What the Almighty God made available to Abraham’s servant
is what he makes available to us today. God put this in the first book of the
Bible for a reason, and He has not changed His mind about it one bit!
Here are just two incidents that happened this week,
illustrating this important key of praying Gen. 24:40 at the start of our day:
On Wednesday of last week, we were delayed by just a few
minutes getting out of the house at our usual time. As it turns out,
there was a huge accident at a busy corner near our house—three police cars, a
fire engine, and the EMTs lifting someone into the ambulance. Had we been at
that corner any sooner, we would have been in that accident!
Yesterday we went to our favorite grocery store. Our
friend Stella has been promoted to a higher position at a different store, and
when we didn’t see her on what we thought would be her last day earlier this
week, we were super disappointed. So yesterday, when we went, we were
kind of down in the dumps about Stella not being there anymore. But then, out
she came, and it happened that the Lord got us there only five minutes before
she was leaving the store for good! So, we got to exchange numbers and say our
goodbyes.
How does it happen that we were minutes from being in an
accident, and got to see our friend in the few minutes before she would be
gone?
I could give you several other incidents from this past
week that illustrate this key point, but I’m sure you can think of wonderful
things you have seen in your own lives as well. If you want to start seeing
even more, I encourage you to start praying this scripture at the beginning of
your day, and let me know what happens.
“And he said unto me, ‘The Lord, before whom I walk,
will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way [and get me to my Godly
destinations] (my add)’” (Gen. 24:40).
I feel much the same way as Paul and Timothy express to
the church at Philippi in Philippians 1:1-7:
“Paul and
Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus
which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: grace be unto
you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
“I thank my God upon every
remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making
request with joy, for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until
now; being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work
in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
“Even as it is meet for me to
think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my
bonds, and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers
of my grace.”
Enjoy your journeys and successful outcomes this week.
Love, Carolyn
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