The industrious Rebekah gave water to the servant of Abraham and to each of the ten camels.

It is wise for us to "watch in silence" as the Lord works. Much of what takes place between us and the Lord never should be revealed to other people. Many spiritual battles are lost because the Lord's people talk too much.

Sometimes we are so anxious for God to move we act before all the camels have been watered, so to speak. If it is the Lord's will that we are to water ten camels before we are permitted to go with the Holy Spirit to the desired place, it may happen that the first nine are watered in thirty minutes but thirty years go by before the tenth camel is watered. We are to wait for all ten camels.

How often the work of God is ruined because we act before every detail of God's Word has been fulfilled in our circumstances! Sometimes it is necessary we experience tribulation for "ten days" before we are given the crown of life (Revelation 2:10). If we manage to escape from our prison before the ten days have been completed we will lose our crown of righteousness and life.

And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in? (Genesis 24:23)

The Holy Spirit has come to the Christian churches today. He has been sent by the Father to obtain a Bride for the Lamb. First, the Spirit looks to see if He is welcome, if there is any place of abode for Himself. Some Christian churches are so busy with their own programs there is no place for the Holy Spirit of God.

And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor. (Genesis 24:24)

The Bride of the Lamb knows who she is. She knows that she has been washed in the blood of the Lamb, that she has been born-again of God, and that she has been filled with the Spirit of God. She understands that God is her Father and that Christ is her Lord and Savior. It is not possible for a lukewarm, wavering, double-minded Christian to be a member of the Wife of the Lamb, of the true Church.

And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master's brethren. (Genesis 24:27)

Abraham's oldest servant did not know the Lord. He prayed to Abraham's God. Many believers do not know the Lord for themselves. They pray to the God of the pastor or of their father or mother. The Bride knows her Lord personally and intimately.

And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well. And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well. (Genesis 24:29,30)

Laban, Rebekah's brother, typifies the family of God, from which the firstfruits of the Bride of the Lamb is taken.

To be continued.