The Day Rebekah’s life Changed - Genesis 24

“² So Abraham said to the oldest servant of his house, who ruled over all that he had, “Please, put your hand under my thigh, ³ and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell; ⁴ but you shall go to my country and to my family, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”…. ⁸ And if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be released from this oath; only do not take my son back there.” …. ¹⁰ Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed…¹¹ And he made his camels kneel down outside the city by a well of water at evening time, the time when women go out to draw water. ¹² Then he said, “O Lord God of my master Abraham, please give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham. ¹³ Behold, here I stand by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water. ¹⁴ Now LET IT BE that the young woman to whom I say, ‘Please let down your pitcher that I may drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink and I will also give your camels a drink’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. And by this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”

¹⁵ And it happened, before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rebekah.... came out with her pitcher on her shoulder. ¹⁶ Now the young woman was very beautiful to behold, a virgin; no man had known her. And she went down to the well, filled her pitcher, and came up. ¹⁷ And the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me drink a little water from your pitcher.”

¹⁸ So she said, “Drink, my lord.” Then she quickly let her pitcher down to her hand, and gave him a drink. ¹⁹ And when she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking.” ²⁰ Then she quickly emptied her pitcher into the trough, ran back to the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels. ²¹ And the man, wondering at her, remained silent so as to know whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not.

²² So it was, when the camels had finished drinking, that the man took a golden nose ring weighing half a shekel, and two bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels of gold, ²³ and said, “Whose daughter are you? Tell me, please, is there room in your father’s house for us to lodge?”….. ²⁵ Moreover she said to him, “We have both straw and feed enough, and room to lodge.” …²⁶ Then the man bowed down his head and worshiped the Lord. ²⁷ And he said, “Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken His mercy and His truth toward my master. As for me, being on the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master’s brethren.” ²⁸ So the young woman ran and told her mother’s household these things….³² Then the man came to the house. And he unloaded the camels, and provided straw and feed for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him. ³³ Food was set before him to eat, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told about my errand.”

⁵⁷ So they said, “We will call the young woman and ask her personally.” ⁵⁸ Then they called Rebekah and said to her, “Will you go with this man?” And she said, “I will go.”… ⁶¹ Then Rebekah and her maids arose, and they rode on the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and departed…. ⁶⁶ And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. ⁶⁷ Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent; and he took Rebekah and she became his wife, and he loved her.”

 

 
I am not sure Rebekah knew when she woke up that morning her day would end as special as it did. As Rebekah went about her day, she stopped at the spring to get water, most likely as she used to, but then she met a stranger who approached her.  This stranger reminds me to Jesus who went to the well and “as a stranger” asked a woman there the same thing as the man who approached Rebekah who happened to be a servant of Abraham asked, “Please give me a drink”; and thereafter both women’s life forever changed.

The account does not says that Rebekah had been praying to meet a special someone, only says she was a beautiful young woman, still a virgin and old enough to be married who in need of water went to the well.  However it does say there was a man praying for a woman who would act like Rebekah did, in other words, someone was praying for her, Abraham.

A difficult task, an impossible one, if you asked me, had been given to Abraham, to go find a bride to arrange Isaac’s marriage, who was his servant’s son.  But because Abraham didn’t know the woman, and The Lord didn’t give him specific details for him to identify the woman either, therefore the best thing to do was praying for the Lord to intervene, for Him to actually “show him”, in a way he REALLY could clearly understand God’s will, so he ask for a sign.  Whoever was God’s chosen one, when this servant would ask that woman for water for him, she would offer some for his animals too.  And so it happened; the first woman he asked was the chosen one, Rebekah answered just this servant proposed the Lord.

Because someone was someone praying for her, she was led by the spirit to offer the water for his camels and after that show hospitality to him the way she did.

An in order to reconfirm the miracle that just happened before his eyes, verse twenty-one says that he remained silent to make sure the Lord had answered his prayers and made his journey a worth it one. Only after this reconfirmation, he blessed Rebekah with some jewelry (like he knew us woman love jewelry). Another reconfirmation was needed by this servant in verse fifty-seven, when they asked her if she wanted to go, with her positive answer there were no more doubts. So he was eager to go back to his master with the new bride.

This is a GREAT example of the correct way to make decisions. This way showed and proved itself to be God’s way. When have to choose the way to go, and we proposed to God for the door to close if it’s not His way, He will show us, the door will remain open is it’s His way, otherwise it will close; this will answer and prove to us the way to go.  And if a reconfirmation is needed, we just have to make another proposition to the Lord; as I tell my students, make it as hard as you might need to, God will answer because you’re doing it as a request TO KNOW what really is His will for you to follow. 

God LOVES you to follow Him! Any “good” parent would lead the kids for the right path especially if they’re young and tell us that don’t know where to go; then how much more GOD? Who knows all our past and even our future!

God’s ways are perfect, so I encourage you to try it! If you need me to help you understand it better, inbox me any question, and I’ll be happy to answer it for you.

After you start applying this Abraham’s servant technique as you take your next decision you will discover the power of prayer, in a powerful way! And your future will be brighter, guarantee!

Just like this servant was praying for Rebekah, I AM PRAYING for you, and for THE LORD to provide every single confirmation you need to walk the way HE WANTS you to from today and until the rest of your life.