Ask For Good Speed

Reading through the account of a servant praying to God of his master in Genesis 24:12-14 is such an inspiring adventure which gives me a deep insight and concise effort to copy and make the prayer point a task.

How could I have missed such a wonderful revelation, I asked myself because I have read this particular portion of the bible severally and it never occurred to me to find out what the servant was actually saying. The prayer goes thus; "O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham".

What a simple prayer with so much effective content. By the way, did you actually see anything in this prayer that could be a topic for discussion? Yes, of course, what did he mean when he said "good speed"? I may not actually know how to define that in one sentence. However, here are few of what was revealed as I meditate on this word;

• TIMELY ANSWERS TO PRAYERS: Genesis 24:15, "And it came to pass before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah, came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder". Before the young man could stand up after he had finished praying, the answer came knocking on his door. Would you want speedy and timely answer to your prayers this year? Ask for good speed.

• DIVINE INTERVENTION: It would have been a daunting task for this young man to locate Abraham's kindred according to the oath he took with his master but for God's intervention.  Genesis 24:3-4, "And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac" The divine intervention of God did not even allow him to search before he located what he was looking for. The first person he saw was the person he had come to find. Would you like to find without search, all your heart desire this year? Ask for good speed.

• FAVOUR INSTEAD OF LABOUR: Proverbs 13:15, "Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard" It is indeed a requirement to labour in order to have a reward. However, there are different kinds of labour. There is that which is regarded as hard labour which has in similitude a form of punishment. This is mostly experienced when the methodology applied to get a job done is ineffective. But, there is another form of labour that does not require much human input but is already programmed to work seamlessly to deliver and to make the work less stressful. The only labour involved is just your presence. There is a programmed and seamless methodology that delivers without stress every task when the divinity is called upon. It would have been hard labour locating Rebekah among a multitude of young ladies in that nation, but the servant understood this and he called upon the God of his master to show him favour instead of labour. You will agree with me that this man did not labour at all and the task was a success. The journey has already started and the task abound, would you like to journey in favour instead of labour this year? Ask for good speed.

• FULFILMENT AND REALIZATION OF DREAMS, HOPE AND EXPECTATIONS: Psalms 145:19, "He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them" Assuming the task given to this servant was an ordinary task, there would be no reason to take an oath. But, for the importance and expectation of Abraham regarding the said assignment, oath became a necessity. Abraham had an obligation to fulfil the commandment of God by making sure that his son did not marry outside the specified terrain. However, he is of age and could no longer carry out the assignment by himself; therefore his servant had to pledge that he would do the task accordingly. Now, there was an expectation and there was a promise to fulfil. How would this go as planned? The servant looked up to God and asks for good speed which can be interpreted as fulfilment and realization of dream, hope and expectation of Abraham towards the promise that was made to him by his servant. In the end, the expectation was indeed realized and the promise was also fulfilled, all powered by the God of Abraham. Would you like to have all your expectations realized and all your promises fulfilled this year? Ask for good speed.

• GOD SPEED: The word 'good' I believe was coined from God. One thing I know of truth is that when it is good, it is God. Even at creation, after God finished the work of creation, He looked at it and saw that it was very good. Genesis 1:31, "And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth days" Everything about God is absolutely good. The servant actually asked for good speed, probably he lacked the boldness to ask for God speed. There is a God speed that supersedes every other speed in life and that is what I'm asking for. Regardless of how fast anybody can run, you cannot outrun God for He is omnipresent. It does not matter how smart anybody can be, you cannot outsmart God for He is a perfect God. Even if you are as wise, full of knowledge and understanding as King Solomon, you need to know that Solomon's wisdom is just a gift out of many from God. God speed makes you to outsmart, outrun, outstand and appear the best among all your competitors. God speed was actualized in reality when Elijah prayed on Mount Carmel after his encounter with the prophet of Baal. While the rain was about to start, Elijah hastened King Ahab to leave the scene and ride on his horse while he walk on foot to Jezreel before the rain would catch up on them. But, to our amazement, Elijah got to Jezreel before the king rode on a horse. How did it happen? The answer is inexplicable but the bible says, the hand of the Lord was upon Elijah and he got to Jezreel before Ahab. This is God speed at work.  1 Kings 18:44-46, "And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stops thee not. And it came to pass in the meanwhile, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode and went to Jezreel. And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah, and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel" I bet you need God speed in all your endeavour this year, therefore you must ask for God speed.