10 Then the servant took ten camels from the camels of his master, and set out with a variety of good things of his master’s in his hand; and he arose and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor. 11 He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at evening time, the time when women go out to draw water. 12He said, “O LORD, the God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today, and show lovingkindness to my master Abraham. 13 “Behold, I am standing by the spring, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water; 14 now may it be that the girl to whom I say, `Please let down your jar so that I may drink,’ and who answers, `Drink, and I will water your camels also’–may she be the one whom You have appointed for Your servant Isaac; and by this I will know that You have shown lovingkindness to my master.”
Sometimes when we pray for something we can miss a critical element. We need to be in the place God wants for our prayer to be answered. Abraham’s servant knew all the women would be coming to the spring, and that it would be a perfect place for God to answer his prayer. What would have happened had he just started going door to door? Could God have answered his prayer for guidance then. Sure, but he might have been there a month before he found the right girl. Instead, he found a place where all the girls would come, and God answered his prayer immediately.