I am reading Genisis 24 and Abrahm is not doing to well health wise and has asked his main servant " go to my country and my own relatives" to get a spouse for his son. Now the servant gets a bit worried and askes what if the woman that I find is unwilling to come with me. So at this point the servant is douting either his ability to convince a woman to follow him to another country or that the task is too great. I feel that the servant still wants to be obiedient, but needs to lay out all the options to Abrahm because he appernatly has overlooked the obvious. How often are we faced with a situation and say to God, either by words or by our actions, " now God, I know that you know what you are doing, but if I could offer a little advice or guidance that would be great." We are not douting God, but . . . I think we are douting God.
After reading Gen 24:1-5 let me know why you think the servant raised the issue about bringning the woman back.
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I think the servant was reminding his master about what he was offering a young woman. Sarah was dead. They were in a foreign country. Asking a young woman to leave her family to come to foreign country with no matriarch to welcome her was a lot to ask of a young woman. Maybe he wanted to find out if he was going to be in trouble if he failed. I know I would want to know.
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