A Life Partner Hunt!!!

Genesis 24 – the story the Holy Spirit included in the Biblical record of Isaac’s bride hunt which carries priceless principles we must keep in mind when we go about a life partner search. In this chapter, Eliazer, the servant of Abraham chooses a life partner for his master’s son, Isaac. Here were the qualities he looked for in that person when he chose:

He chose a Believer : He was asked to go on a long journey, a journey that lasted atleast 21 days according to some Bible Scholars, to look for a wife for Isaac. The reason for this was not hard to guess: in the area Abraham lived there were hardly any believers of the living God with a transformed life of no-idolatry. Abraham explicitly forbade Eliezer from choosing a girl “from the daughters of the Canaanites” (Gen 24:3). Canaanites were a wicked people who were recipients of a curse from the God-attested Noah, we understand from a previous Bible reference to them (Gen 9:25). So, the essence of what Abraham was driving home to Eliazer was this: I don’t want my son to marry an unbeliever from Canaan – but only a believer! Keep on traveling till you meet one! Keep on searching till you meet one! Here is where many young people trip and fall. They fall in love with “cute” and “cool” unbelievers they bump into – in their college, in their offices. God’s message for such folks is the same as Abraham’s message was for Eliazer: Swear to me that you will not choose a life partner who is not a believer! (Eliazer by placing his hand under the thigh of Abraham was making a solemn oath to this effect in line with the traditions of those times – Gen 24:9).

He chose a Good-looker: Eliazer bumped into Rebekah who “was very attractive in appearance” (Gen 24:16). There is nothing unspiritual about wanting to marry a pretty girl or a handsome boy. But we must NOT make beauty the first and final deciding factor when it comes to our life partner choice. But remember that beauty is temporary – it could disappear instantly if someone throws acid on your partner’s face (God forbid it) or a disease wrecks havoc on your partner’s body (We pray that it would not happen).


He chose a Holy-walker: The girl that Eliazer chose for Isaac, was a virgin, the Bible records (Gen 24:16). She was beautiful on the inside as she was on the outside! She had beauty that tape could not measure – the beauty of holiness. In other words, Rebecca was holy in her walk!

He chose a Hard-worker: The girl that Eliazer chose for Isaac was electric when it came to completing a task she voluntarily would take up. She not only offered the ultra-thirsty Eliazer, water. She also offered the same for the gallons-gulping camels that Eliazer rode on. It was no easy task. It must have involved a lot of sweat, I bet.

He chose a Giver: Rebekah, was willing to give room to stay in her home for the long-distance traveler Eliazer; (Gen 24:25). Marriage is a Give and Take relationship. So a marriage between two givers, trying to out-do each other, is bound to work!

He chose a Converser: Rebekah converses with her family and narrates to them about how she dramatically met Eliazer (Gen 24:28). One of marriage’s primary purposes is for meaningful conversations. It is not all about having sex, 24/7. A married man is writing this piece, by the way.

He chose an Obeyer: When Rebekah said, “I’ll go!” to say, “I do!” she actually was obeying God. She certainly overheard it when Laban and Bethuel said, “This thing has come from the Lord!” (Gen 24:52,58). This was how, her thought process got going: Since this thing is from the Lord, I must make it happen! Let me go with this man, to make that happen!

He chose a Respecter: When Rebekah spotted the man she would marry, she covered herself, in line with the traditions of the times she lived in – as a mark of respect and love for her would-be husband (Gen 24:65). You can’t marry the person, you can’t respect, can you?

If we look for these priceless qualities in our hunt for the lifer-partner. We will surely have the best MARRIED LIFE ever!

Did God Create Evil???

Did God create evil? Does evil exist?

The Unversity professor challenged his students with this question. "Did God create everything that exists?"

A student bravely replied, Yes He did!"

"God created everything?" professor asked.

"Yes sir", the student replied.

The professor answered, "if God created everything, then God created evil, since evil exists, and according to the principle that our works define who we are, then God is evil."

The student became quiet before such an answer. The professor, quite pleased with himself, boasted to the students that he had proven once more that the Christian faith was a myth.

Another student raised his hand and said, "Can I ask you a question professor?"

"Of course", replied the professor.

The student stood up and asked, "Professor does cold exist?"

"What kind of question is this? Of course it exists. Have you never been cold?" The students snickered at the young man's question.

The young man replied, "In fact sir, cold does not exist. According to the laws of physics, what we consider cold is in reality the absence of heat. Everybody or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy, and heat is what makes a body or matter have or transmit energy.

Absolute zero (-460? F) is the total absence of heat; all mater becomes inert and incapable of reaction at that temperature. Cold does not exist. We have created this word to describe how we feel if we have no heat."

The student continued, "Professor, does darkness exist?"

The professor responded, "Of course it does."

The student replied, "Once again you are wrong sir, darkness does not exist either. Darkness is in reality the absence of light. Light we can study, but not darkness. In fact we can use Newton's prism to break white light into many colors and study the various wavelengths of each color.

You can't measure darkness. A simple ray of light can break into a world of darkness and illuminate it. How can you know how dark a certain space is? You measure the amount of light present. Isn't this correct?

Darkness is a term used by man to describe what happens when there is no light present."

Finally the young man asked the professor, "sir, does evil exist?"

Now uncertain, the professor responded, "of course as I have already said." We see it everyday. It is in the daily example of man's inhumanity to man. It is in the multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world. These manifestations are nothing else but evil.

To this the student replied, "Evil doesn't exist sir, or at least it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man created to descrtibe the absence of God. God did not create evil.

Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God's love present in his heart. It's like the cold that comes when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light."

The professor sat down.

The young man's name--Albert Einstein

God's Purpose For Your Life!

When we do not know the purpose, we misuse the things and there is a malfuction. Likewise when we don't know the purpose behind our creation, we misuse our lives and are failed to live the life in it's full meaning. So, it is very much mandatory for everyone to know the purpose of his/her existence.
Only a Creator can tell that what's purpose behind his creation.

In Genesis 1:26, we read that God created man with a difinite purpose; to rule, to domain, to govern, to infulence the whole creation with the image of God which was in him. A real leadership was given to man, that he should influence everything with the unseen heavenly culture, character, attributes and values. And control the things in heavenly prespective.

In Genesis chapter 3:6, "Eve saw the tree... and it was eye pleasing... it was desirable to make one wise." We read, both of them ate the fruit of that tree to become wise. Wise!? Wise for what? To impress others with the earthly tact & knowledge. They just missed the purpose of God in their life that "Man is not created to impress, but to influence others." The very moment we try to impress others we lose the true leadership; the power to lead others.

And this "Power to Influence" of man was suppose to be demonstrated through five different ways:-

1. Worship: God created man to have fellowship with him. Which also implies the man's worship towards Him. Genesis 3:8, Everyday God used to have fellowship with the man.
2. Work: A man is not a man if he doesn't work. Work was already assigned to man even before the crteation of woman, and even before the fall of man. Worship always includes work, "Faith without Works is dead". Man is created for the good works.
3. Cultivate: Man was created to cultivate the good fruits out of every good things God created in the garden. A fruitfull life. Genesis 2:15
4. Protect: Man given the responsibility to protect the garden of Eden. Eden was the extended colony of heaven, a place where there was the presence of God, a perfect peace & harmony with the heavenly culture & values. Man was to protect the dignity of heavenly Father and His values. Genesis 2:15
5. Keep His Words(obey): Genesis 2:16, man was created to obey his God. To follow what God says.

Today the world is facing a lot many severe problems e.g. terrorism, unemployment , corruption, recession, ecological-deficiency etcs...

If only man turns back to God and knows the original purpose for his life. The world can expreince once again the perfect harmony & pecae of God, which prevailed in the garden of Eden.

"Many are the plans in man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails" -Proverbs 19:21