Throughout the whole episode, from the locating of Rebekah to the making of the proposal, we find reference made to the worship of the servant acting for Isaac. He prays at the outset, then worships and praises God when Rebekah reveals her name and family background, and then, when the family give their consent, he bows himself to the earth and worships once again. These expressions of worship were not empty cultural acts, but sincere prayers for God’s guidance, and earnest cries of thanksgiving. By giving thanks we recognise the work of God in our lives. We express our dependence on God and acknowledge that there are many things that we cannot do without his help. We encourage ourselves to see that God can intervene in the affairs of this world at any time, though we do not know how, indeed that is to understate the matter for he is continually at work.
If a courtship is of the Lord, it will lead to thankfulness to God, worship, and much prayer from the couple. If, however, it is more biological than spiritual, it will probably have only a scanty, token worship element, because the couple will be too taken by each other at a purely human level to think much about spiritual matters. It is obviously a positive sign when an advancing courtship promotes and deepens love and consecration to God, and genuine thankfulness to him.