Wedding Plans for Rebekah!

Wedding Plans for Rebekah!

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Blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear . . . .  the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the [one] who hears the word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit . . .  Matt. 13:16, 23

 

Rebekah watched and listened to Abraham's servant. She saw him bowing down to worship the Lord and heard him declare, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken His lovingkindness and His truth toward my master; as for me, the Lord has guided me in the way to the house of my master's brother." Rebekah reacted with excitement – she ran to her mother's house and told her brother, Laban, all that the servant had said. Laban recognized the significance of the servant's words and said, "Come in, blessed of the Lord!" Both he and Rebekah acknowledged the Lord as the source of blessing.

 

Next, although a meal was set in front of him, the servant refused to eat until he could tell them why he was there. Every step of the way, through his actions and his words, he communicated devotion to the Lord, to his master and to his vital purpose. Notice how the servant exalted the Lord when he spoke to Rebekah's family:

 

The LORD has greatly blessed my master, so that he has become rich; and He has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and servants and maids, and camels and donkeys. Now Sarah my master's wife bore a son to my master in her old age, and he has given him all that he has.     Gen. 24: 35-36

 

This son is a gift from the Lord to his aged parents. Consider how many times the 'son' is mentioned in this story – he is the central figure in the story. The desire of Abraham's heart is to bring joy to his beloved son. Abraham's servant explains that he was commissioned to get a wife from Abraham's relatives, and he mentions the Lord's angel who has prepared the way so the journey would be successful. The servant has told them about the Lord, an angel and a beloved son who is heir to marvelous blessings.

 

Rebekah must be leaning in toward the servant as he begins to unfold her part in the Lord's plan. She learned that the specific words she spoke and the service she rendered for the servant constituted an answer to his prayer. I can imagine her eyes growing wide as it dawned on her that the Lord had chosen her beforehand to be the son's wife. The Lord led the servant to her well and prompted her to respond graciously to him.

 

Although Rebekah has not seen him, she is attracted to the son of Abraham.  As the desire to share her life with this cherished, blessed son takes hold, her heart is drawn away from the life she knows in Mesopotamia. So it is with anyone who leans in to listen as the Spirit of God reveals the Son to his/her heart.

 

 Though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,   1Pet. 1:8

 

The Spirit of God came to you to win your heart for the Son, for He has chosen you to be a fellow-heir with Christ. He wants to speak to you about the blessings that are yours – He wants you to understand that He loves you in the same way He loves His own dear Son. The Spirit of God has come to fill your heart and mind with the knowledge of the Son, and to bring you to a wedding – a wedding that the Groom eagerly anticipates.

 

It delights the Father to give joy to the 'beloved Son in whom He is well pleased' (Luke 3:22); this is why He has planned a wedding!  As part of the heavenly Bride, you not only share the love of the Son, you share in every blessing that the Father has bestowed upon Him.

 

[God] in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things . . .   Heb. 1:2 

 

The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are the children of God, and if children, heirs also; heirs of God, and fellow-heirs with Christ . . .              Rom 8:16-17

 

 

My beloved spoke and said to me, "Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come along."

Song of Solomon 2:10