Prepare the House

  In Genesis 24 we read of one of the Bible's famous love stories; it's the story of Isaac and Rebecca. For those of you who may not be familiar with this story, here are the cliffnotes.

Abraham's wife Sarah dies. After this Abraham realizes Isaac (his son) needs a wife and sends his servant to find Isaac a wife. (That level of trust amazes me! Abraham trusted his servant to find his son a wife. AND apparently, Isaac also had high trust in the servant's ability to chose a wife for him.) Servant packs up the camels and heads to Nahor, Mesopotamia. Once he gets to Nahor he prays a simple prayer asking God to give him success. And he asks for a sign, the woman who gives him a drink of water and also waters his camels, "let her be the one."
The Word says before he finished praying that Rebecca came to draw water. She offered him water and watered his camels. Worshiping God the servant asks if he may come to her house to stay. She says yes and that there was plenty of room in the house. She goes to get her father, Laban. Laban comes out to the servant and says these words, "Come in, O blessed of the LORD! Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels.”
A few short verses later Rebecca was riding away to land of Abraham with the trusted servant. Isaac seeing her from afar knew who she was and he came to meet her. He took her home. They married and

began their life together.

Amazing story! There are so many valuable points to pull from this story but the one that jumped out at me this morning was in verse 31. " And he said, “Come in, O blessed of the LORD! Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels."

"For I have prepared the house,..."
 For those who read yesterday's post know that the idea of preparing is on my mind.
The definition of Prepare: transitive verb meaning  "to make ready beforehand for some purpose, use, or activity  or  to put in a proper state of mind."

Laban was ready beforehand. He didn't know that Abraham's trusted servant was outside his house choosing Isaac's wife. He didn't know that his daughter was about to presented with the opportunity of a lifetime. But because his house was prepared he linked his name & family the heritage of Christ.  Yes, I am aware that Laban doesn't exactly have the best resume in the Word but he was able to join his daughter to a powerful family legacy.

"For I have prepared the house,..."
Are we prepared for what is outside our house? Are you ready for what God has in store for you & your life? When the time comes are you going to be able to say, "I ready for I have prepared"?  OR will you miss out on an opportunity because you have to waste time getting ready for it?
Example: The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

Can you say, “Come in, O blessed of the LORD! Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house,...?"