Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac. She got down from her camel and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?”
“He is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself. Genesis 24:64-65
Isaac needed a wife, and God had a plan. As the story unfolds, we meet her. She is Rebekah.
Rebekah was a woman of action. Everyone around her seemed to doubt and delay. But she never hesitated to step into God’s will. On, there is so much I can learn from her.
The servant Abraham sent to find a wife for his son Isaac was full of doubt from the very beginning. He questioned Abraham saying, “What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Even after praying to the God of his master Abraham and seeing his prayer immediately answered, he hesitated. Rebekah did exactly what he had asked; she offered to draw water for his camels. Yet, the servant stood and watched to see if she would draw all the water she had promised. When Rebekah told him there was room in her father’s house for him to stay, the servant stood at the spring and waited. Rebekah’s brother Laban eventually found him and declared, “Why are you standing out here?”
Upon hearing the servant’s story, Rebekah’s brother and father responded with a quick reply: “Take her and go.” But the next morning when it was time to leave, Laban and his mother hesitated saying, “Let the girl remain with us ten days or so.” God’s will stared them in the face, and they delayed.
Rebekah didn’t delay, however. She left that very day with the servant on the long journey to Canaan. And when she saw Isaac from a distance, she again acted quickly.
She was young. Isaac was almost 40 years old. Yet she didn’t hesitate. Immediately, she covered herself with her veil – as a bride would for her bridegroom. Right away, Isaac took her as his wife.
Oh, to be so enthusiastic about God’s will! Lord, I wish I were so quick to respond. Rebekah was an amazing young woman. Not once did she delay. I so often analyze the consequence. My doubt becomes obvious.
Help me, Spirit, to understand and respond. Give me wisdom. Give me courage. May You be pleased with my faith.
Give me faith, Lord.